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Old Norse
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Adjective
1.2.1
Descendants
1.3
References
Old Norse
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Etymology
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Inherited
from
Proto-Germanic
*swangaz
(
“
thin, slim
”
)
.
Adjective
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svangr
slender
,
slim
,
thin
(especially of a horse)
hungry
Descendants
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Icelandic:
svangur
Faroese:
svangur
Swedish:
(
dialectal
)
svong
References
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“
svangr
”, in
Geir T. Zoëga (
1910
)
A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
, Oxford: Clarendon Press