"svear" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|svear}} Old Swedish svear, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|sviar}} Old Swedish sviar, {{inh|sv|non|svíar}} Old Norse svíar, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*swihaniz}} Proto-Germanic *swihaniz Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c-p|g2=|head=|sort=}} svear c pl, {{sv-noun|c-p}} svear c pl Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], - [indefinite, nominative, singular], - [genitive, indefinite, singular], - [definite, nominative, singular], - [definite, genitive, singular], svear [indefinite, nominative, plural], svears [genitive, indefinite, plural], svearna [definite, nominative, plural], svearnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (historical, plural only) Swedes (members of a North Germanic tribe) Tags: historical, plural, plural-only Related terms: Svea
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