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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Vanir en · PROPN

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse vanir. Doublet of Wanes.

Meanings

  1. The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
  2. Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

Relateds

Vanaheimr

Translations (9)

sv van (Scandinavian deities) · es Vanir (Scandinavian deities) · fi vaanit (Scandinavian deities) · mr वानिर (Scandinavian deities) · ru ва́ны (Scandinavian deities) · da vane (Scandinavian deities) · fr Vanes (Scandinavian deities) · de Wane (Scandinavian deities) · de Wanen (Scandinavian deities)