svíri

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsviːrɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːrɪ

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of svíri (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svíri	svírinn	svírar	svírarnir
accusative	svíra	svírann	svíra	svírana
dative	svíra	svíranum	svírum	svírunum
genitive	svíra	svírans	svíra	svíranna

References

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

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

svíri m (genitive svíra)

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

Declension

Declension of svíri (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svíri	svírinn	svírar	svírarnir
accusative	svíra	svírann	svíra	svírana
dative	svíra	svíranum	svírum	svírunum
genitive	svíra	svírans	svíra	svíranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: svíri

Further reading

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