English

Proper noun

Vanir

1. The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
2. Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

Translations

Anagrams

• invar

Old Norse

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Maybe from the Proto-Indo-European *wen- ‎(“to strive”).

Proper noun

Vanir m pl

1. the principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
2. members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

See also

• Æsir
• Wanes