SVANR
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m., gen. svans, Pr. 478, pl. svanir; [A. S. swana; Germ. schwan; a common Teut. word, but in Icel. svanr is the poetical, álpt (q. v.) the common word]:—a swan; svanir hvítir at lit, Stj. 90; fugls þess er s. heitir, Barl. 135; hjá söngvi svana, Edda 16 (in a verse): poët., svana beðr, fold, fjöll, dalr, strind, the swan’s bed, land …, i. e. the sea: as also svan-bekkr, svan-bingr, svan-fjöll, svan-flaug, svan-fold, svan-mjöll, svan-teigr, svan-vangr, svan-vengi, the bench, bed, fell, field, earth, snow … of the swans, i. e. the sea, the waves, Lex. Poët.
II. Svanr, as a pr. name, Landn., Hdl.
COMPDS: svanfjaðrar, svanhvítr, svanmærr, svanasöngr.