svangr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adjective

svangr

slender, slim, thin (especially of a horse)
hungry

Descendants

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

References

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

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