Achilles

Achilles (genitive)
Akilles (alternative)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).


titan

titan (indefinite nominative singular)
titans (genitive indefinite singular)
titanen (definite nominative singular)
titanens (definite genitive singular)
titaner (indefinite nominative plural)
titaners (genitive indefinite plural)
titanerna (definite nominative plural)
titanernas (definite genitive plural)


lemur

lemur (indefinite nominative singular)
lemurs (genitive indefinite singular)
lemuren (definite nominative singular)
lemurens (definite genitive singular)
lemurer (indefinite nominative plural)
lemurers (genitive indefinite plural)
lemurerna (definite nominative plural)
lemurernas (definite genitive plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin lemures (“spirits”). First attested in 1861.

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SAOB

lemur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)


Zeus

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

(Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme among Greek gods)


hus

hus (indefinite nominative singular)
hus (genitive indefinite singular)
huset (definite nominative singular)
husets (definite genitive singular)
hus (indefinite nominative plural)
hus (genitive indefinite plural)
husen (definite nominative plural)
husens (definite genitive plural)
hws (alternative archaic)

From Old Swedish hūs, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

(astrology) a house (section of the zodiac)


demon

demon (indefinite nominative singular)
demons (genitive indefinite singular)
demonen (definite nominative singular)
demonens (definite genitive singular)
demoner (indefinite nominative plural)
demoners (genitive indefinite plural)
demonerna (definite nominative plural)
demonernas (definite genitive plural)
dæmon (alternative archaic)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

jävel

used in the sense of being a demon at something

(Greek mythology) a demon (neutral spirit)


kitsune

kitsun (indefinite nominative singular)
kitsuns (genitive indefinite singular)
kitsunen (definite nominative singular)
kitsunens (definite genitive singular)
kitsuner (indefinite nominative plural)
kitsuners (genitive indefinite plural)
kitsunerna (definite nominative plural)
kitsunernas (definite genitive plural)


Hera

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).


Demeter

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).


Europa

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

(Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)


Ares

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs).


Jason

From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “I heal”).

(Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.


Artemis

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).


Athena

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


siren

siren (indefinite nominative singular)
sirens (genitive indefinite singular)
sirenen (definite nominative singular)
sirenens (definite genitive singular)
sirener (indefinite nominative plural)
sireners (genitive indefinite plural)
sirenerna (definite nominative plural)
sirenernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).


ambrosia

ambrosia (indefinite nominative singular)
ambrosias (genitive indefinite singular)
ambrosian (definite nominative singular)
ambrosians (definite genitive singular)


satyr

satyr (indefinite nominative singular)
satyrs (genitive indefinite singular)
satyren (definite nominative singular)
satyrens (definite genitive singular)
satyrer (indefinite nominative plural)
satyrers (genitive indefinite plural)
satyrerna (definite nominative plural)
satyrernas (definite genitive plural)


Merkurius

planets of the Solar System: planeter i solsystemet: Merkurius · Venus · jorden · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus [edit]


Poseidon

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).


Hermes

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).


Hestia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).


Ulysses

(Greek mythology) Ulysses (the hero of the Iliad and Odyssey), Latin name form of Odysseus


salamander

salamander (indefinite nominative singular)
salamanders (genitive indefinite singular)
salamandern (definite nominative singular)
salamanderns (definite genitive singular)
salamandrar (indefinite nominative plural)
salamandrars (genitive indefinite plural)
salamandrarna (definite nominative plural)
salamandrarnas (definite genitive plural)

sv:Salamander (mytologi)
sv:Salamander (ugn)
sv:Salamandrar


Amor

träffas av Amors pilar

be struck by Cupid's arrow (literally "arrows," idiomatic)


Apollo

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).


Ask

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).


Cupido

(Roman mythology, uncommon) Cupid (god of love)


Tor

From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Tor.

(Norse mythology and paganism) Thor, a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.


djinn

djinn (indefinite nominative singular)
djinns (genitive indefinite singular)
djinnen (definite nominative singular)
djinnens (definite genitive singular)
djinner (indefinite nominative plural)
djinners (genitive indefinite plural)
djinnerna (definite nominative plural)
djinnernas (definite genitive plural)


Fenrir

Borrowed from Old Norse Fenrir (“fen-dweller”), Fenrisúlfr (“Fenris wolf”).


alv

alv (indefinite nominative singular)
alvs (genitive indefinite singular)
alven (definite nominative singular)
alvens (definite genitive singular)
alver (indefinite nominative plural)
alvers (genitive indefinite plural)
alverna (definite nominative plural)
alvernas (definite genitive plural)
alf (alternative)

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Av asar och alver / som sitter här inne / vill ingen vara din vän.

2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Lokes smädelser (Lokasenna) §2, page 153:

Of the Æsir and elves / who sit in here / no one wants to be your friend.

(mythology, fantasy) elf; a human-resembling, often magical, being


dvärg

dvärg (indefinite nominative singular)
dvärgs (genitive indefinite singular)
dvärgen (definite nominative singular)
dvärgens (definite genitive singular)
dvärgar (indefinite nominative plural)
dvärgars (genitive indefinite plural)
dvärgarna (definite nominative plural)
dvärgarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish dværgher, from Old Norse dvergr, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

(mythology) dwarf (any member of a race of beings from Germanic folklore)


Mjölner

From Old Norse Mjǫllnir, likely from Old Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᛚᚢᚾᛁᚨᛉ (*melluniaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”).

(Norse mythology, weaponry) Mjollnir (Thor's hammer)


Afrodite

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


jätte

jätte (indefinite nominative singular)
jättes (genitive indefinite singular)
jätten (definite nominative singular)
jättens (definite genitive singular)
jättar (indefinite nominative plural)
jättars (genitive indefinite plural)
jättarna (definite nominative plural)
jättarnas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: jätti

⇒ Finnish: jättiläinen

From Old Swedish iætun, iætti, from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

(mythology) jotun; a mythical humanoid creature, originally human-sized but later associated with great size


Siv

From Old Norse Sif. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1871 as Sif.


aspekt

aspekt (indefinite nominative singular)
aspekts (genitive indefinite singular)
aspekten (definite nominative singular)
aspektens (definite genitive singular)
aspekter (indefinite nominative plural)
aspekters (genitive indefinite plural)
aspekterna (definite nominative plural)
aspekternas (definite genitive plural)


Vidar

From Old Norse Víðarr, from víðr (“wide”) + herr (“army”). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1827.


Pandora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).


nektar

nektar (indefinite nominative singular)
nektars (genitive indefinite singular)
nektarn (definite nominative singular)
nektarns (definite genitive singular)


Persefone

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).


Freja

From Icelandic Freyja, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, Fröja or Fröa would be the expected form. Doublet of the second element in hustru.


skorpion

skorpion (indefinite nominative singular)
skorpions (genitive indefinite singular)
skorpionen (definite nominative singular)
skorpionens (definite genitive singular)
skorpioner (indefinite nominative plural)
skorpioners (genitive indefinite plural)
skorpionerna (definite nominative plural)
skorpionernas (definite genitive plural)

(astrology) Scorpio (person of that star sign)


hamn

Inherited from Old Swedish hamber or hampn (“costume, appearance, shape”), inherited from Old Norse hamr.

inh+

att vara i björnhamn

to be in bear form (having magically given oneself bear form)


Hypnos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).


Morfeus

(Greek mythology) Morpheus, god of dreams


Nanna

From Old Norse Nanna, with Norse levelling of -nþ- to -nn- from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”), related to *ninþaną (“to dare”).


Leander

From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros). First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1780.


Ragnarök

Ragnaröks (genitive)
ragnarök (alternative)

From Old Norse ragnarǫk (from ragna (“of the gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”)).


valkyria

valkyria (indefinite nominative singular)
valkyrias (genitive indefinite singular)
valkyrian (definite nominative singular)
valkyrians (definite genitive singular)
valkyrior (indefinite nominative plural)
valkyriors (genitive indefinite plural)
valkyriorna (definite nominative plural)
valkyriornas (definite genitive plural)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse valkyrja. Used at least since the end of the 17th century.


Loke

From Old Norse Loki. Taken into general use as a given name in the 2000s.


bortbyting

bortbyting (indefinite nominative singular)
bortbytings (genitive indefinite singular)
bortbytingen (definite nominative singular)
bortbytingens (definite genitive singular)
bortbytingar (indefinite nominative plural)
bortbytingars (genitive indefinite plural)
bortbytingarna (definite nominative plural)
bortbytingarnas (definite genitive plural)

(mythology) changeling; in Swedish mythology, an infant of a troll which has secretly been exchanged for a human infant.


eumenid

eumenid (indefinite nominative singular)
eumenids (genitive indefinite singular)
eumeniden (definite nominative singular)
eumenidens (definite genitive singular)
eumenider (indefinite nominative plural)
eumeniders (genitive indefinite plural)
eumeniderna (definite nominative plural)
eumenidernas (definite genitive plural)

Derived from Ancient Greek Εὐμενίς (Eumenís).

der+

(Greek mythology) Erinyes (godess of vengeance)


vädur

vädur (indefinite nominative singular)
vädurs (genitive indefinite singular)
väduren (definite nominative singular)
vädurens (definite genitive singular)
vädurar (indefinite nominative plural)
vädurars (genitive indefinite plural)
vädurarna (definite nominative plural)
vädurarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse veðr, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz.

(astrology) (in definite form) Aries (an astrological sign in the Zodiac)


besvärja

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besvärja (present besvärjer or besvär, preterite besvor or besvärjde, supine besvurit or besvärjt, imperative besvärj or besvär)

besvärjer (present)
besvär (present)
besvor (preterite)
besvärjde (preterite)
besvurit (supine)
besvärjt (supine)
besvärj (imperative)
besvär (imperative)
besvärja (active infinitive)
besvärjas (infinitive passive)
besvurit (active supine)
besvurits (passive supine)
besvärj (active imperative)
besvärjen (active archaic)
besvärjer (active indicative present)
besvor (active indicative past)
besvärjs (indicative passive present)
besvärjes (indicative passive present)
besvors (indicative passive past)
besvärja (active archaic present)
besvuro (active archaic past)
besvärjas (archaic passive present)
besvuros (archaic passive past)
besvärje (active dated present subjunctive)
besvure (active dated past subjunctive)
besvärjes (dated passive present subjunctive)
besvures (dated passive past subjunctive)
besvärjande (active participle past present)
besvuren (active participle past)
besvärja (active infinitive)
besvärjas (infinitive passive)
besvurit (active supine)
besvurits (passive supine)
besvär (active imperative)
besvären (active archaic)
besvär (active indicative present)
besvor (active indicative past)
besvärs (indicative passive present)
besväres (indicative passive present)
besvors (indicative passive past)
besvärja (active archaic present)
besvuro (active archaic past)
besvärjas (archaic passive present)
besvuros (archaic passive past)
besväre (active dated present subjunctive)
besvure (active dated past subjunctive)
besväres (dated passive present subjunctive)
besvures (dated passive past subjunctive)
besvärjande (active participle past present)
besvuren (active participle past)
besvärja (active infinitive)
besvärjas (infinitive passive)
besvärjt (active supine)
besvärjts (passive supine)
besvärj (active imperative)
besvärjen (active archaic)
besvärjer (active indicative present)
besvärjde (active indicative past)
besvärjs (indicative passive present)
besvärjes (indicative passive present)
besvärjdes (indicative passive past)
besvärja (active archaic present)
besvärjde (active archaic past)
besvärjas (archaic passive present)
besvärjdes (archaic passive past)
besvärje (active dated present subjunctive)
besvärjde (active dated past subjunctive)
besvärjes (dated passive present subjunctive)
besvärjdes (dated passive past subjunctive)
besvärjande (active participle past present)
besvärjd (active participle past)

From Old Swedish besværia, from Middle Low German besweren. Equivalent to be- + svärja. Cognate with Danish besværge, Norwegian Bokmål besverge, Dutch bezweren and German beschwören.

(occult) to enchant, to send a spell or curse on (someone)


Hel

From Icelandic hel, from Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō

(Norse mythology) Hel (the goddess who rules the underworld)


Balder

I den del av slottet, som troddes vara från hednatid, stod sankt Sigfrid, och framför honom knäböjde den där hedningen, som hade föredragit Balder för Kristus och Oden för den heliga treenigheten.

1915, Viktor Rydberg, “Slottet i skogen”, in Singoalla, 11th edition, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Runeberg.org, archived from the original on 2020-02-18:

In the part of the castle that was believed to be from pagan times, stood Saint Sigfrid, and before him knelt that heathen who had preferred Balder to Christ, and Odin to the Holy Trinity.

Vad viskade Oden i Balders öra innan han brändes på bål?

2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Vaftrudnes visdomstävlan (Vafþrúðnismál) §54:

What did Odin whisper in Balder's ear before he was burned on the pyre?


gyger

From Old Norse gýgr. Possibly related to Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, “he hides”).

(obsolete, Norse mythology) female jotun; female giant


Frej

Learned borrowing from Icelandic Freyr. Frö is the etymologically correct form of the name.

(Norse mythology) Freyr, god of fertility


sjöjungfru

sjöjungfru (indefinite nominative singular)
sjöjungfrus (genitive indefinite singular)
sjöjungfrun (definite nominative singular)
sjöjungfruns (definite genitive singular)
sjöjungfrur (indefinite nominative plural)
sjöjungfrurs (genitive indefinite plural)
sjöjungfrurna (definite nominative plural)
sjöjungfrurnas (definite genitive plural)

(folklore, mythology) mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)


källjungfru

källjungfru (indefinite nominative singular)
källjungfrus (genitive indefinite singular)
källjungfrun (definite nominative singular)
källjungfruns (definite genitive singular)
jungfruar (indefinite nominative plural)
jungfruars (genitive indefinite plural)
jungfruarna (definite nominative plural)
jungfruarnas (definite genitive plural)

(mythology) nymph (minor female deity associated with a spring)


Hefaistos

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos).


myling

Derived from Old Swedish myrþa (“murder”, modern mörda) + -ling.

af

modern <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv">mörda</i>


Asgård

Old Norse Ásgarðr, see also as and gård.


Midgård

Midgårds (genitive)
Midgard (alternative nonstandard)

Borrowed from Icelandic Miðgarðr. By surface analysis, mid- (“middle”) + gård (“yard; estate”). According to SAOB attested since 1679.

surf

Av Ymers [...] ögonfransar gjorde de goda makterna Midgård åt människosöner.

2015, Snorre Sturlasson, translated by Karl G. Johansson & Mats Malm, Snorres Edda, Bokförlaget Anthropos, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 2025-03-13, page 39:

Of Ymir's eyelashes, the powers of good made Midgard for sons of men.

Burs söner skapade världen, lyfte det mäktiga Migård ur djupet.

2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Völvans spådom (Völuspá) §4, page 22:

The sons of Borr created the world, lifted the mighty Midgard out of the deep.


Midgårdsormen

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Midgårdsormen c (genitive Midgårdsormens)

Compound of Midgård (“Midgard”) + -s- + orm (“snake”) + -en (“the”). Borrowed from Old Norse Miðgarðsormr, ultimately from Prose Edda (c. 1220). First attested in 1747.

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Midgårdsormen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ty det var ingen sådan katt, som det syntes dig: det var egenteligen Midgårdsormen, som ligger omkring all land: knappt hade han längd, att stjert och hufvud räckte till jorden, och du lyftade den så högt upp, att det var blott kort till himlen.

1819, Snorre Sturlasson, translated by Anders Jacob Cnattingius, Snorre Sturlesons Edda. Samt Skalda, page 62:

For it was not such a cat as it seemed to you: it was actually the Midgard Serpent, which lies around all the land: he was long enough that his tail and head barely fit the earth, and you lifted him up so high that he was only short to the sky.

(Norse mythology) the Midgard Serpent; the Jörmungandr


Oden

From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen.

(Norse mythology and paganism) Woden/Odin, A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon.


fimbulvinter

fimbulvinter (indefinite nominative singular)
fimbulvinters (genitive indefinite singular)
fimbulvintern (definite nominative singular)
fimbulvinterns (definite genitive singular)
fimbulvintrar (indefinite nominative plural)
fimbulvintrars (genitive indefinite plural)
fimbulvintrarna (definite nominative plural)
fimbulvintrarnas (definite genitive plural)

[D]en vinter som kallas Fimbulvinter kommer. Då driver snö från alla håll.

2015, Snorre Sturlasson, translated by Karl G. Johansson & Mats Malm, Snorres Edda, Bokförlaget Anthropos, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 2025-05-13, page 84:

The winter called Fimbulwinter will come. Then snow will drift from all directions.

Får någon leva kvar / när fimbulvintern / en dag drabbar oss alla?

2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Vaftrudnes visdomstävlan (Vafþrúðnismál) §44:

Will anyone live on / when the Fimbulwinter / one day comes for us all?


grimoar

Borrowed from English grimoire, derived from French grimoire.

Svarta bibeln är en helt vanlig grimoar i stil med salomos nycklar, grimoare verum och grimoare of armadel..

2007 July 6, Flashback (forum), Vad är Svarta Bibeln?:

The Black Bible is a completely normal grimoire in the style of Solomon's keys, grimoire verum and grimoire of armadel..

De flesta magiska system bygger på någon form av tradition, som använder sig för någon form av manualer (på medeltiden kallade "grimoar").

2008 January 13, Flashback (forum), Varför är jag så fascinerad av magi?:

Most magical systems are based on some form of tradition, which makes use of some form of manuals (called "grimoirs" in medieval times).

Nå, har ni med er den, Magdalena-grimoaren?

2022, 06:18 from the start, in Ulrika Lindfors-Davis, transl., The Sandman, season 1, episode 1 (TV series), spoken by Sir Roderick Burgess (Charles Dance):

So, have you brought it, the Magdalene grimoire?


stjärntecken

stjärntecken (indefinite nominative singular)
stjärnteckens (genitive indefinite singular)
stjärntecknet (definite nominative singular)
stjärntecknets (definite genitive singular)
stjärntecken (indefinite nominative plural)
stjärnteckens (genitive indefinite plural)
stjärntecknen (definite nominative plural)
stjärntecknens (definite genitive plural)

(astrology) a zodiac sign, an astrological sign


olympier

olympier (indefinite nominative singular)
olympiers (genitive indefinite singular)
olympiern (definite nominative singular)
olympierns (definite genitive singular)
olympier (indefinite nominative plural)
olympiers (genitive indefinite plural)
olympierna (definite nominative plural)
olympiernas (definite genitive plural)


nymf

nymf (indefinite nominative singular)
nymfs (genitive indefinite singular)
nymfen (definite nominative singular)
nymfens (definite genitive singular)
nymfer (indefinite nominative plural)
nymfers (genitive indefinite plural)
nymferna (definite nominative plural)
nymfernas (definite genitive plural)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) a nymph (female nature spirit)


frihetsgudinna

frihetsgudinna (indefinite nominative singular)
frihetsgudinnas (genitive indefinite singular)
frihetsgudinnan (definite nominative singular)
frihetsgudinnans (definite genitive singular)
frihetsgudinnor (indefinite nominative plural)
frihetsgudinnors (genitive indefinite plural)
frihetsgudinnorna (definite nominative plural)
frihetsgudinnornas (definite genitive plural)


Fenrisulven

Parts ultimately from Fenrir + ulven (“wolf (definite)”) – "the Fenrir/Fenris wolf."


najad

najad (indefinite nominative singular)
najads (genitive indefinite singular)
najaden (definite nominative singular)
najadens (definite genitive singular)
najader (indefinite nominative plural)
najaders (genitive indefinite plural)
najaderna (definite nominative plural)
najadernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin Nāïas, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás).


besvärjare

Compound of besvärja (“enchant”) + -are (“-er”). First attested in 1526.

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SAOB

besvärjare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

(occult) An enchanter, a conjurer; a person who practice incantations, invocations and magic spells.


ariadnetråd

ariadnetråd (indefinite nominative singular)
ariadnetråds (genitive indefinite singular)
ariadnetråden (definite nominative singular)
ariadnetrådens (definite genitive singular)
ariadnetrådar (indefinite nominative plural)
ariadnetrådars (genitive indefinite plural)
ariadnetrådarna (definite nominative plural)
ariadnetrådarnas (definite genitive plural)

Compound of Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē) + tråd. Cognate of German Ariadnefaden, French fil d'Ariane, Polish nić Ariadny, and so on.


drakhuvud

drakhuvud (indefinite nominative singular)
drakhuvuds (genitive indefinite singular)
drakhuvudet (definite nominative singular)
drakhuvudets (definite genitive singular)
drakhuvuden (indefinite nominative plural)
drakhuvudens (genitive indefinite plural)
drakhuvudena (definite nominative plural)
drakhuvudenas (definite genitive plural)


havsjungfru

havsjungfru (indefinite nominative singular)
havsjungfrus (genitive indefinite singular)
havsjungfrun (definite nominative singular)
havsjungfruns (definite genitive singular)
havsjungfrur (indefinite nominative plural)
havsjungfrurs (genitive indefinite plural)
havsjungfrurna (definite nominative plural)
havsjungfrurnas (definite genitive plural)


guldäpple

guldäpple (indefinite nominative singular)
guldäpples (genitive indefinite singular)
guldäpplet (definite nominative singular)
guldäpplets (definite genitive singular)
guldäpplen (indefinite nominative plural)
guldäpplens (genitive indefinite plural)
guldäpplena (definite nominative plural)
guldäpplenas (definite genitive plural)

(mythology) golden apple, apple of discord


stygisk

head

stygisk (comparative stygiskare, superlative stygiskast)

stygiskare (comparative)
stygiskast (superlative)
stygisk (indefinite positive)
stygiskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
stygiska (indefinite plural positive)
stygiske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
stygiske (definite masculine positive singular)
stygiska (definite positive)
Stygisk (alternative)

Likely from Latin stygius, from Ancient Greek Στύγιος (Stúgios, “relating to Styx”), from Στύξ (Stúx, “Styx, chief river of underworld”).
First attested in 1723. Compare English Stygian and German stygisch.
Corrosive sense from the belief that the River Styx contained corrosive water.

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stygisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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Han berättar, att medan hans kamrater vid ankomsten till Lund fann sig försatta på de stygiska fälten, som de uppfattade det platta, av smutsiga bondgårdar fyllda landskapet, så tyckte sig Fries ha hamnat på de elyseiska.

1962, Gunnar Eriksson, Elias Fries och den romantiska biologien, page 148:

He relates that, while his comrades, upon arriving in Lund, found themselves placed in the Stygian fields, which they perceived as a flat, muddy landscape filled with filthy farms, Fries fancied himself to have arrived in the Elysian ones.

(Greek mythology) Stygian (of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology)

Ja, när du nyligen göt i retorten den stygiska vätskan, bröt med ett tordönsbrak bunden salpeter sitt band, stank bredde ut sig med ens , den vänliga livsluften kvävdes, halvdöda segnade ned de som hjälpte dig då.

1950, Karl Ragnar Gierow, Mina utflykter, page 187:

Ah, when you recently poured the corrosive liquid into the retort, bound saltpetre burst its bonds with a thunderous crash, stench spread at once, the kindly breath of life was stifled, and those who assisted you then sank down half-dead.

Rop af en Stygisk uf på tusende orter man hoͤrde;
Tåren på tusende rann af elfenbenet.

1820 [8 CE], Publius Ovidius Naso, translated by Gudmund Jöran Adlerbeth, edited by Jakob Adlerbeth, Ovidii Metamorphoser, page 414:

A Stygian owl cried out, heard in a thousand places;
The tear on a thousand flowed from the ivory.

En moͤrk tenarisk dunst, en Stygisk dimma,
En roͤk är allt hvad som vi vakne tänka.

1822, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Bacchanterna eller Fanatismen, page 8:

A dark tenebrous vapor, a Stygian haze,
A fume is all that we, awake, do ponder.


Allfader

Allfader (indefinite nominative singular)
Allfaders (genitive indefinite singular)
Allfadern (definite nominative singular)
Allfaderns (definite genitive singular)
Allfar (alternative)

From Icelandic Alfaðir, from Old Norse Alfǫðr.

Rungne[r] sporde: »Hvad är du för en man, som rider genom luften, och hvad bringar dig till mina salar?» Od[e]n svarade: »Asarne kalla mig Allfader, och hit har jag kommit att skåda din boning».

1887, Kata Dalström, “Tors strid med Rungne”, in Nordiska gudasagor berättade för barn och ungdom, Z. Haeggströms förlagsexpedition, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2025-02-13, page 272:

Hrungnir asked: "What kind of a man are you, who rides through the air, and what brings you to my halls?" Odin answered: "The Æsir call me All-Father, and here I have come to behold your dwelling."

På en inspelning har Säpo kunnat höra nazistledarens "predikan" där han uttrycker att judar och muslimer borde vara rädda för dem: "Ååh du Allfader Oden. Vi ska ta tillbaka vårt land", säger han bland annat.

2017 June 21, Sandra Divinyi, “Förre nazistledarens "predikan" – efter bombdåden”, in Göteborgs-Posten, archived from the original on 2024-02-23:

On a recording, Säpo was able to hear the Nazi leader's "sermon" where he expresses that Jews and Muslims should be afraid of them: "Oh you, All-Father Odin. We will take back our country," he says among other things.


den Höge

Nu är den Höges sång framsagd i den Höges sal, gagnrik för människors söner, gagnlös för jättars söner.

1913, Erik Brate, transl., Den Höges sång, Niloé, accessed at Runeberg.org, archived from the original on 2024-11-02, §164:

Now the High One's song has been recited in the High One's hall, useful for the sons of men, useless for the sons of giants.

Själva ordet Hávamál betyder Odens tal (Har, den Höge=Oden och mal=tal/språk).

2022 December 16, Klassikern, “Hávamál – vikingarnas vett och etikett”, in Sveriges Radio, archived from the original on 2022-12-24:

The word Hávamál itself means Odin's speech (Hár, the High One = Odin, and mál = speech/language).

(Norse mythology) the High One (a heiti for Odin)