svíri

Icelandic

svíri m (genitive singular svíra, nominative plural svírar)

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

declension of svíri

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	svíri	svírinn	svírar	svírarnir
accusative	svíra	svírann	svíra	svírana
dative	svíra	svíranum	svírum	svírunum
genitive	svíra	svírans	svíra	svíranna

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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svíri m (genitive svíra)

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

Declension of svíri (weak an-stem)

svíri in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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