svíri

From Old Norse svíri, from Proto-Germanic *swirhijô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsviːrɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːrɪ

svíri m (genitive singular svíra, nominative plural svírar)

1. back or nape of the neck (on the larger domesticated animals, or a thick human one)

   Synonym: hnakki

2. (by extension) neck

   Synonym: háls

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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svíri m (genitive svíra)

1. neck, back or nape of the neck (on the larger domesticated animals, or a thick human one)

• Icelandic: svíri

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “svíri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 424; also available at the Internet Archive