svear
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse svíar.
Noun
svear m pl (definite plural svearne)
- (historical) Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe
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Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse svíar.
Noun
svear m pl (definite plural sveane)
- (historical) Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe
References
- “svear” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “svear”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish svear, Old Swedish sviar, from Old Norse svíar, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniz, plural of *swihô (“Swede”), of disputed etymology, but perhaps from *swe- (“one's own, self”).
Noun
svear c pl
- (historical, plural only) Swedes (members of a North Germanic tribe)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | - | - |
| definite | - | - | |
| plural | indefinite | svear | svears |
| definite | svearna | svearnas |