Thursday, March 13, 2025

EN: If there can be a Sven if there is a Seven, is there a Hven if there is a Heaven? SV: Om det kan finnas en Sven om det finns en Seven, finns det en Hven om det finns en Himmel?

 

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EN: If there can be a Sven if there is a Seven, is there a Hven if there is a Heaven? SV: Om det kan finnas en Sven om det finns en Seven, finns det en Hven om det finns en Himmel?

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EN: Is Hven also a name like how Sven is?

SV: Är Hven också ett namn som hur Sven är?

  

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[–]Particular_Run_8930 1 point  

Still is called Hven in Danish (h is silent but changes the e-sound)

[–]DisorderOfLeitbur 1 point  

Swain is the English equivalent of Sveinn. The word has pretty much died out now, but Shakespeare used it in The Winters Tale.

"Your high selfe..you haue obscur'd With a Swaines wearing."

[–]minnow87 1 point  

Boatswain is the most modern usage of swain in English I can think of, and even then I think it might be antiquated.

*coxswain is another one and more common

[–]Particular_Run_8930 1 point  

Dit sprog er mærkeligt

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