svinna

== Old Norse == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === svinna f (genitive svinnu, plural svinnur) sagacity, good sense ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish svinda, svinna, borrowed from Middle Low German swinden, from Old Saxon swindan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan. === Verb === svinna (present svinner, preterite svann, supine svunnit, imperative svinn) to cease, to vanish, to disappear, to diminish, to fade Shakespeare: Hamlet, act 1, scene 2, Horatio speaking: ==== Usage notes ==== Only used in poetic, romantic style. The modern word is försvinna. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== svinn svunnen (“bygone”) === References === “svinna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “svinna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) svinna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === vinnas