Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swangaz (thin, slim).

Adjective edit

svangr

  1. slender, slim, thin (especially of a horse)
  2. hungry

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: svangur
  • Faroese: svangur
  • Swedish: (dialectal) svong

References edit

  • svangr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press