Vanir

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse vanir. Doublet of Wanes.

Proper noun

Vanir

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.

Related terms

• Vanaheimr

Translations

Scandinavian deities

Danish: vane c Finnish: vaanit pl French: Vanes (fr) m pl German: Wane (de) m, Wanen (de) f pl Marathi: वानिर (vānir) Russian: ва́ны m pl (vány) Spanish: Vanir m pl Swedish: van (sv) c

Anagrams

• -navir, Arvin, Narvi, invar, ravin, ravin'