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Свѣнь

Old Novgorodian

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Etymology

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First attested in c. 1050‒1075. From Old East Slavic-Varangian given name, borrowed from Old Norse Sveinn, ᛋᚢᛅᛁᚾ (Suain). Compare Swahili Sven, Icelandic Sveinn, Norwegian Svein.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Свѣ‧нь

Proper noun

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Свѣнь • (Svěnĭ) m[1]

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Sweyn

References

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  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 795

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