Sverrir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Sverrir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛrːɪr/

  Rhymes: -ɛrːɪr

Proper noun

Sverrir m

1. a male given name

Declension

declension of Sverrir

m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sverrir
accusative	Sverri
dative	Sverri
genitive	Sverris

Old Norse

Etymology

From a word meaning "spinning, swinging," according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to hiss, ring, whistle”); see also svarmr.

Proper noun

Sverrir m

1. a male given name

Declension

  Declension of Sverrir (strong ija-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sverrir
accusative	Sverri
dative	Sverri
genitive	Sverris

Descendants

• Icelandic: Sverrir
• Norwegian: Sverre

References

• ‘sverre’ in Behind the Name, Mike Campbell, 1996.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 3023, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3023