Sverrir

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Sverrir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrːɪr/ Rhymes: -ɛrːɪr === Proper noun === Sverrir m (proper noun, genitive singular Sverris) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From a word meaning "spinning, swinging," according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to hiss, ring, whistle”); see also svarmr. === Proper noun === Sverrir m a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Sverrir Norwegian: Sverre === Further reading === Mike Campbell (1996–2026), “sverre”, in Behind the Name, Victoria, British Columbia. Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3023