SVEIN
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element
Ancient Germanic
*sve = 'own' [1]
*svo = 'own' [1]
Old Norse
sveinn = 'young man, boy' [2] [3] [4] [1]
sveinn = 'lad, free servant' [3] [4] [1]
sveinn = 'youngling, servant' [5]
svėinn = 'young man, boy, lad, free servant, herdsman' [6]
Old Swedish
sven = 'young man, boy, lad, free servant' [1] [4]
svēn = 'youngling, servant' [5]
svæn = 'young man, boy, lad, free servant' [4]
Old Saxon
svēn = 'young man, boy, lad, free servant, herdsman' [6]
Old High German
svėin = 'young man, boy, lad, free servant, herdsman' [6]
svein = 'herdsman, servant' [1]
Middle High German
svên = 'herdsman, swineherd, servant' [1]
Old English
svān = 'young man, boy, lad, free servant, herdsman' [6]
Anglo-Saxon
svân = 'swineherd, herdsman' [1]
Related Names
See Sveinn and Svæinaldi and Svæinaldr
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ADAL | see Aðalsveinn |
| ARN | see Arnsvein |
| AS | see Ássvein |
| AUD | see Eyðsvein |
| BJÖRN | see Sveinbjǫrn |
| BJÖRT | see Sveinbjartur |
| BORG | see Bergsveinn and Svenborg |
| DIS | see Sveindís |
| EY | see Sveiney |
| FRID | see Svenfrid |
| FRÍÐ | see Sveinfríður |
| GEIR | see SvæingæiRR |
| GERD | see Sveingerður |
| GUD | see Gottsveinn |
| HARD | see Svenhard |
| HEID | see Svæinhæiðr |
| HER | see Hersveinn and Sveinar |
| HILD | see Svenhild |
| JÓ | see Jósvein |
| JON | see Jónsvein and Sveinjón |
| Kápa | see Kǫpu-Svæinn |
| KOL | see Kulsvæinn |
| KOLL | see Kollsveinn |
| LAUG | see Sveinlaug |
| MAR | see Sveinmar |
| NY | see Svenný |
| ROS | see Sveinrós |
| RUN | see Sveinrún |
| SIG | see Sigursveinn |
| ULF | see Sveinulf |
| VEIG | see Sveinveig |
| Åge | see Svenåge |
| ÞOR | see Sveinþór and Torsven |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
-svein -sveinn -sveina -sven -svend -svæinn
References
- ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
