svangur

From Old Norse svangr (“slender, slim, thin”), from svangi (“the groins”), also spelled svangr.

svangur (comparative svangari, superlative svangastur)

1. hungry

• mettur (full)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvauŋkʏr/
• Rhymes: -auŋkʏr

From Old Norse svangr (“slender, slim, thin”), from svangi (“the groins”), also spelled svangr.

Cognates with the Faroese svangur (“hungry”),[1] German schlank, Nynorsk svang,[1] dialectal Swedish svånger,[1] Middle Swedish svanger (“slender, emaciated, very thin”).[1]

It went from meaning "slender" (innsveigður, sveigður, kviðdreginn) to meaning "hungry" (magatómur, soltinn).[1]

svangur (comparative svengri or svangari, superlative svengstur or svangastur)

1. hungry, peckish

   Ertu svöng?

   Are you hungry?

   Ég er mjög svangur.

   I'm really hungry.

2. (obsolete) thin, slender, slim

• (hungry): hungraður,[1] soltinn[1]
• (obsolete: thin): mjór, grannur,[1] magur, mjósleginn[1]

• ég er svangur (I am hungry)

• svangi
• svengja
• svingla

• hungraður

A noun of the adjectival form svangur (“hungry; thin”). Confer the Old Norse svangi (“the groins, especially of animals”) which was also spelled svangr (“the groins, especially of animals”).

svangur m (genitive singular svangs, nominative plural svangar)

1. an empty or hungry stomach; used in set phrases

   Ég held að ég fái mér eitthvað í svanginn.

   I think I'll get something to eat.

• In modern Icelandic, this word is predominantly used in the accusative case with a definite article ("svanginn") in the set phrase fá sér eitthvað í svanginn (“to get something to eat”).

• fá sér í svanginn (to get something to eat)