svear

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse svíar.

svear m pl (definite plural svearne)

1. (historical) Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe

• “svear” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “svear” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• arves, raves, saver, svare, vares, vaser, versa

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse svíar.

svear m pl (definite plural sveane)

1. (historical) Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe

• “svear” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “svear”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

• ervas, revas, serva, svare, vares, veras, vêras, versa

From Old Swedish svear, Old Swedish sviar, from Old Norse svíar, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniz, plural of *swihô (“Swede”), of disputed etymology, but perhaps from *swe- (“one's own, self”).

svear c pl

1. (historical, plural only) Swedes (members of a North Germanic tribe)

• Svea

• svear in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svear in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svear in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)