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Svanhildr

Old Norse form of SVANHILD.

SVANHILD   female   Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD. In Norse legend she was the daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun.
SWANHILD   female   German
Derived from the Germanic elements swan "swan" and hild "battle".
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Swanahilda
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Svanhildr
GERMAN: Schwanhild, Swanhild, Swanhilda, Swanhilde
ICELANDIC: Svanhildur
NORSE MYTHOLOGY: Svanhild, Svanhildr
NORWEGIAN: Svanhild
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ICELANDIC: Svana
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