Näcken

nacken Nacken Swedish Nixie (folklore) sv: thumb|The Nix playing his violin in the rapids. Etymology From sv non nykr, from sv gem-pro *nikwiz-, perhaps from sv ine-pro *nigʷ-. Proper noun c sv folklore Nix; a water creature in human form who, among other things, lures people to drown in his river by his wonderful violin playing sv literary A (Nordic) substitute for Neptunus, Poseidon, god of the sea. sv Neptunus Poseidon sv Astrild sv c. 1635 1948 Ericus Schroderus Ericus Johannis Schroderus Svenska Akademiens ordlista SAOL Dictionarium quadrilingue https://svenska.se/saob/?id=N_0877-0195.u7k8&pz=7 Siögudens Neckens kännemärcke; Tre-uddade gaffeln. The sea god Poseidon's hallmark; The three-pronged fork. https://web.archive.org/web/20221214060528/https://svenska.se/saob/?id=N_0877-0195.u7k8&pz=7 14 December 2022 sv 1844 w:Arvid August Afzelius Per Erik Svedbom sv Läsebok för Sverges ungdom I 130 https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/SvedbomPE/titlar/L%C3%A4sebok1/sida/138/faksimil Djupt i hafvet, på demantehällen,Necken hvilar i grönan sal. Deep in the sea, on the adamant slab,Neptune rests in the green hall. Related terms sv näck sv näcka See also sv bäckahästen sv väsen References so näck saol näck saob näck