sven (OSw) sven (ODan) sveinn (ON) noun

A young man, particularly a free, young man in someone’s service, sometimes specifically one performing military service in the retinue of a high-ranking man. In ONorw GuL, also a male, otherwise unspecified, unfree servant or a slave.

boy ODan ESjL 1
OSw VmL Äb
farm-hand ODan JyL 2
OSw KrL SmbII
OSw MEL SmbII
knight OSw KrL Hb
OSw MEL Hb
man ODan JyL 3
servant ODan JyL 2
ODan SkBL
ODan VSjL 42
ONorw GuL Løb, Mhb, Leb
OSw BjR
OSw DL Tjdb, Rb
OSw MESt Kgb Gb Bb Kmb Skb Rb Eb Hb SmbI Tb
OSw SdmL Kkb, Kmb, Mb
OSw UL Kkb, Kmb, Mb
OSw VmL Kkb, Kmb
OSw YVgL Äb, Rlb, Jb
squire OSw HL Mb
OSw KrL Kgb Gb Kmb
OSw MEL Kgb Gb
OSw SdmL Kmb, Till
OSw VmL Rb
young boy ODan ESjL 1 Refs:

Brink 2012, 151−54; Hellquist s.v. sven; Hertzberg s.v. sveinn