Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
svaneham. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
svaneham, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
svaneham in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
svaneham you have here. The definition of the word
svaneham will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
svaneham, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Danish
Etymology
svane (“swan”) + ham (“skin, disguise, slough”)
Noun
svaneham
- a magical swan disguise
1868, Nye Eventyr og Historier ... Forste Deel, page 61:... da kom tre Svaner, der var Noget ved Svinget, som sagde mig: pas paa, det er ikke heelt Svane, det er Svaneham kun!- ... then three swans came, there was something about the swing that said to me: beware, it is not fully swan, it is only a swan disguise!
2010, Kathrine Lilleør, Eventyrenes vidtlysende Blink, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Imidlertid kan „Urstofferne“ sammen med formuleringen om, at musaen er iført fantasiens svaneham, der er vævet af „Videnskaben“, give associationer til Sofia.- However, the "Proto-Substances", together with the phrasing that the muse is clad in the swanskin of imagination, which is woven from "Science", may give associations to Sofia.
- Brødrene Grimm, Eventyr for børnene og hjemmet: Med forord af Bjarne Reuter, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
- De satte sig på gulvet og pustede på hinanden og pustede således alle fjerene af sig og smøg deres svaneham af sig som en skjorte.
- They sat down on the floor and blew on each other and thus blew off all their feathers and removed their swanskins like shirts.
- Saxo Grammaticus, Saxos Danmarks Krønike, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
- Og straks efter fortsatte hun: Farlig fugl du fostrer, Hading, hæslig ugle i svaneham. Da kongen vågnede næste morgen, fortalte han en drømmetyder, hvad hun havde sagt,...
- And immediately afterwards she continued: You rear a dangerous bird, Hading, a hideous owl in swanskin. When the next morning the king awoke, he told a dream interpreter what she had said,...
Declension