Icelandic

Proper noun

Svanur m

1. A male given name meaning "swan".

Faroese

svanur

Noun

svanur m (genitive singular svans, plural svanir)

1. A swan (any bird in the genus Cygnus).
2. A whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus.

Declension

Synonyms

• okn

Derived terms

• knópsvanur

Related terms

• storkur
• gás
• dunna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svanr ‎(“a swan”), from Proto-Germanic *swanaz ‎(“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *swen- ‎(“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvaːnʏr/

  Rhymes: -aːnʏr

Noun

svanur m ‎(genitive singular svans, nominative plural svanir)

1. whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Declension

Synonyms

• (whooper swan): álft