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lucius 🦋

@swanrad.ch

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Historical linguist from Switzerland working in the field of Germanic languages, etymology, onomastics. I like libraries, tea, Linux, typography & type design, photography, cinnamon buns. swanrad.ch pics: www.flickr.com/photos/29409291@N05

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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 24/08/2026

Out now: «The Speakers of Indo-European and Their World» 2026 reichert-verlag.de/de/978375200...

A book cover. It's turquoise with white writing.

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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 14/08/2026

Evening mood on Lake Brienz. Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. 13. August 2026. #photosky #landscapephotography #fotografie #landschaftsfotografie #brienz #kantonbern #schweiz #switzerland #unterwegs #naturephotography #landscape

A mostly dark image of Lake Brienz with some mountains, it's in the evening, the sun is already gone, there's a slight afertglow and some pinkish clouds.

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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 09/08/2026

From a recent hiking tour: Schweizertor and Drusenfluh seen from the direction of the Alp Larein. Canton of Grison, Switzerland. #photography #landscapephotography #switzerland #schweiz #grison #graubünden #fotografie #landschaftsfotografie #hiking #unterwegs

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 30/07/2026

From a hiking tour in the area of the Simplon Pass, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. #photosky #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #switzerland #hiking #schweiz #valais #wallis #photografie

A range of mountains, rocky, above the tree line, one mountain in the middle of the image is shady and therefore dark, whereas the ones in the back are brighter.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 05/07/2026

Stockhorn. Sunny on top. From a hiking tour in the area of Erlenbach im Simmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #switzerland #hiking #schweiz #bern #erlenbachimsimmental

A landscape with a rocky mountain, green meadows, huts and in the foreground an alpine lake. Summer weather, blue sky, the top of the mountain is sunny.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 14/05/2026

From my recent hiking tour. On top of the Niederhorn, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #photography #switzerland #schweiz #naturephotography #naturfotografie #fotografie #bern #niederhorn #thunersee

An ibex, fairly young one with small horns. It is walking on a green grass with a few colorful flowers and in front of a blue sky and a large white cloud.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 09/05/2026

A wild ibex. Seen on the Niederhorn, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #photography #switzerland #schweiz #naturephotography #naturfotografie #fotografie.

A rocky mountain cliff with an ibex on top, looking towards the gorge. In the background we see a faint village, located much lower, in front of mountains with a bit of snow.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 25/04/2026

From a visit to the botanical garden. Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #naturephotography #photography #fotografie

small white flowers

leaves of a green plant on a pond

a red flower blooming.

A plant with star-shaped flowers in a lilac color

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 12/04/2026

A wild deer that I encountered on a recent hiking tour in Graubünden, Switzerland. #photography #nature #wildlife #fotografie #naturfotografie #switzerland #schweiz #graubünden #grisons

A deer grazing. The ground is barren with some crocus flowers and a patch of snow.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 29/12/2025

The «Niesen» towers above a sea of fog. Picture taken from Aeschiried, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photography #fotografie #bern #switzerland #outdoor #olympus #photosky #schweiz #naturephotography #alps

A big mountain with some snow on the top above a sea of fog, in the front some houses

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 28/12/2025

Sun breaks through the fog. Aeschiried, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photography #fotografie #bern #switzerland #outdoor #olympus #photosky #schweiz

A landscape with forest and fog. In the foreground, a farm.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 08/11/2025

A river of gold? Not really, the yellow-ish color you see is actually due to a reflection of an illuminated hillside covered in larches. #Wallis #Valais #switzerland #photography #naturephotography #SaasFee #hiking #wandern #unterwegs #photosky #naturfotografie #fotografie #November

Photograph of a riverbed with blueish stones. The small water stream has a yellowish color.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 18/10/2025

Faldumalp. Lötschental, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. #photography #photosky #naturephotography #hiking #switzerland #schweiz #unterwegs #alps #october #autumn #wandern #oktober #wallis #valais #olympus #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaft #landschaftsfotografie #lötschental

A landscape with a chapel and a couple of houses. Some trees with yellow and red leaves. In the background, snow mountains.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 12/10/2025

October 🍁 #photography #photosky #autumn #fall #october #frutigen

Ahornbaum mit gelben Blättern. Im Hintergrund Berge.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 06/10/2025

From a hiking tour in the Justistal valley. Berner Oberland, Switzerland. #photography #photosky #naturephotography #hiking #switzerland #schweiz #unterwegs #alps #october #autumn #wandern #oktober #bern #berneroberland #olympus #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaft #landschaftsfotografie

landscape with a forest and a meadow in the foreground that includes a tree with yellow leaves, in the background rocky mountains with a little bit of snow and blue sky.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 28/08/2025

#naturephotography #switzerland #photosky #schweiz #suisse #outdoor #olympus #naturfotografie #fotografie #photography #unterwegs #rooster #ballenberg #brienz

Close up of a rooster looking straight at the camera. In the background green grass.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 25/08/2025

Another one from Betelberg. Lenk, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. 24. August 2025. #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #switzerland #photosky #schweiz #suisse #outdoor #olympus #wandern #hiking #naturfotografie #fotografie #photography #unterwegs

An Alpine landscape with green hills and rocky mountains in the background. Blue sky with a roundish white cloud.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 24/08/2025

Betelberg. Lenk, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. 24. August 2025. #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #switzerland #photosky #schweiz #suisse #outdoor #olympus #wandern #hiking #naturfotografie #fotografie

A landscape with green hills and rocky mountains in the background on a summer day with some clouds.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 03/08/2025

"Big Yawn". Just after lunch time this wolf at the animal park was feeling a little sleepy. Animal Park Dählhölzli, Bern, Switzerland. #wolf #naturephotography #photography #switzerland #naturfotografie #fotografie #photosky #animalphotography #schweiz #suisse

A wolf sitting with its mouth open, yawning. Surrounded by green grass and other plants.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 03/08/2025

View from Rütli towards Brunnen and the Urnersee. Canton of Uri, Switzerland. #photography #fotografie #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #switzerland #schweiz #rütli #uri #photosky #naturephotography #innerschweiz

Landscape with green grass, a lake, cloudy sky and some mountains.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 29/06/2025

On top of the Hohgant, view towards the south-west. Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photography #landscape #naturephotography #fotografie #hiking #wandern #switzerland #alps #olympus #outdoor #schweiz

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 28/06/2025

A drop of water on this plant acts like a mirror in the morning sun. #photography #macro #nature #naturephotography #olympus

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 09/06/2025

From a hiking tour in Kiental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #olympus #fotografie #switzerland #mountains #outdoorphotography #alps

A landscape with mountains, green pasture and cows.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 30/05/2025

Unterwegs im Emmental. 30.5.2025. #photography #switzerland #schweiz #emmental #landscapes #bern #wandern

Landscape with green, rolling hills and farms.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 17/05/2025

From a trip to the botanical garden in Bern, Switzerland. #photography #macro #flower #bern

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 21/01/2025

View from Sulwald towards Wengen with the mountan peaks Mönch & Jungfrau in the background. Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. July 2023. #hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #schweiz #switzerland #bern #kantonbern #nature #olympus #isenfluh #lauterbrunnen #alps #mountain

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 14/01/2025

Üschene, close to Kandersteg. Canton of Bern, Switzerland. June 2023. #hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #schweiz #switzerland #bern #kantonbern #wandern #olympus #kandersteg #alps #mountain #juni #suisse #outdoorphotography #nature #naturephotography

A scenery of a valley in the Swiss alps with green grass, blue sky and some clouds.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 23/12/2024

Kiental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. December 2022. #hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #schweiz #switzerland #bern #kantonbern #wandern #olympus #kiental #alps #mountain #suisse #outdoorphotography #unterwegs #bellasvizzera #snow #winterzauber

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 19/12/2024

From a hiking tour last October. Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. #hiking #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #schweiz #switzerland #bern #kantonbern #wandern #olympus #boltigen #simmental #alps #mountain #suisse #outdoorphotography #unterwegs #bellasvizzera #october #clouds

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 07/12/2024

Gemmipass. Switzerland. September 2023. #scenicview #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #schweiz #switzerland #valais #wallis #olympus #naturephotography #unterwegs #aussicht #photography #hiking #nature #alps

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 03/12/2024

Xfce 4.20 Pre2 Released alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_13.... #Xfce #OpenSource #Linux #Unix

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 20/11/2024

My favorite photo spot above Aeschiried, looking down onto the Lake Thun. The picture is from September 2023. #scenicview #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #schweiz #switzerland #bern #kantonbern #thun #thunersee #olympus #naturephotography #unterwegs #aussicht #photography

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 18/11/2024

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima 'Herbstwald'. This picture was taken in Uppsala, Sweden, in the Botanical Garden. August 2023. #flower #flowers #sweden #uppsala #summer #macro #nature #naturephotography #blumen #photography #fotografie #sverige

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 15/11/2024

A winter hike in the Gemmipass area. Canton of Valais, Switzerland. #photography #fotografie #winterzauber #outdoor #olympus #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #nature #alps #switzerland #schweiz #wallis #valais #unterwegs #swissmountains

A winter landscape with a snow-covered mountain, blue sky and three tiny humans walking along a trail below.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 11/11/2024

I don't have a pet, but this is a cat that hangs around our neighborhood.

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 10/11/2024

This picture was taken in Aeschiried, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, in September 2023. #landscape #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #schweiz #switzerland #bern #kantonbern #thun #thunersee #olympus #spiez #spieztourismus #outdoorphotography #unterwegs #aussicht #night #moon #mond

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 09/11/2024

Some years ago I made this font inspired by Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975). You can get it for free at github.com/lvcivs/honor... #typography #type #typedesign #kubrick #ofl #fonts #schriftgestaltung #typografie

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 07/11/2024

From a hiking tour in the area of Diemtigen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The picture is from May 2022. #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #switzerland #fotografie #hiking #outdoors #unterwegs

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 05/11/2024

Luegle. Simmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. July 2024. #photography #landscapephotography #hiking #outdoor #wandern #switzerland #schweiz #fotografie #landschaftsfotografie #olympus

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 31/10/2024

Lötschental, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. 30. October 2024. #photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #valais #nature #naturephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fotografie #switzerland #wallis #hiking #outdoor #october

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 29/10/2024

From a walk through the woods on a cold day in January. #photography #winter #nature #naturephotography #fotografie #outdoor #hiking #woods

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 27/10/2024

Iffigsee, Lenk, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The picture is from August 2021. #photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #berneseoberland #nature #naturephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fotografie #switzerland #bern #hiking #outdoor

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 24/10/2024

Saas-Balen. More pictures on www.flickr.com/photos/29409... #nature #photography #switzerland #wallis #valais #landscape #saastal

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 23/10/2024

A wild Alpine marmot that I encountered on a recent hiking trip. #photography #nature

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 22/10/2024

An upcoming conference in Uppsala: "Trends and problems in comparative Germanic linguistics (Internationale Nachwuchstagung der vergleichenden germanischen Sprachwissenschaft)" Friday 19 and Saturday 20 September 2025 www.uu.se/en/departmen... #linguistics #germaniclanguages #comparativelinguistics

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 22/10/2024

Walopsee, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. More pictures on www.flickr.com/photos/29409... #switzerland #landscapephotography #hiking #firstsnow #photography #landscape

lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 22/10/2024

‚Swe gameliþ ist.‘ Studien zur vergleichenden germanischen Sprachwissenschaft, erschienen 2023: www.winter-verlag.de/de/detail/97... #sprachwissenschaft #linguistik #gotisch #germanischesprachen