SVIP

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Name Element


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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

svipr = 'sudden sweeping movement' [1] [2] [3]

Middle High German

swif = 'movement' [3]

Combination

Name
Element    
Example
DAG see Svipdagr

First Element Forms

Svip-

References

  1. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  2. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  3. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)