Vanir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse vanir. Doublet of Wanes.

Proper noun

Vanir

1. The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
2. Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

Related terms

• Vanaheimr

Translations

Scandinavian deities

• Danish: vane c
• Finnish: vaanit pl
• French: Vanes (fr) m pl
• Marathi: वानिर (vānir)
• Russian: ва́ны m pl (vány)
• Spanish: Vanir m pl
• Swedish: van (sv) c

Anagrams

• -navir, Arvin, Narvi, invar, ravin, ravin'