"Svend" meaning in All languages combined

See Svend on Wiktionary

Proper name [Danish]

IPA: /sʋɛnd/, /sfɛnt/
Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse Sveinn. Cognate with Faroese Sveinur, Icelandic Sveinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Svein, Swedish Sven, English Sweyn, and Finnish Soini. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|da|non|Sveinn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse Sveinn, {{inh+|da|non|Sveinn}} Inherited from Old Norse Sveinn, {{cog|fo|Sveinur}} Faroese Sveinur, {{cog|is|Sveinn}} Icelandic Sveinn, {{cog|nn|Svein}} Norwegian Nynorsk Svein, {{cog|sv|Sven}} Swedish Sven, {{cog|en|Sweyn}} English Sweyn, {{cog|fi|Soini}} Finnish Soini Head templates: {{head|da|proper noun}} Svend
  1. a male given name from Old Norse Derived forms: Svendsen [surname]

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /sʋɛn/, [sʋɛn], /sʋɛnd/, [sʋɛnd] Forms: Svein [alternative], Sven [alternative], Svenn [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɛnd Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Svend m, the Danish form of Svein, ultimately from Old Norse Sveinn m, originally a byname based on the common noun sveinn (“boy, young man, servant”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Svend and Faroese Svend (“male given name”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|nb|da|Svend|g=m}} Borrowed from Danish Svend m, {{der|nb|non|Sveinn|g=m}} Old Norse Sveinn m, {{cog|nn|Svend}} Norwegian Nynorsk Svend, {{cog|fo|Svend|t=male given name}} Faroese Svend (“male given name”) Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Svend
  1. a male given name from Danish [in turn from Old Norse] Wikipedia link: Store norske leksikon, Svend Derived forms: Svendsen (english: patronymic surname meaning; son of Svend””)
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