Old English · proper noun
Swegen
Normalised Sweġen
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈswe.jen/
- Syllables
- ˈswe · jen (2 syllables)
Meaning
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a male given name
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Swein Forkbeard, king of Denmark
Sōna þǣræfter cōman of Denmarcon þrēo Sweġenes suna kyninges • mid CC. sċypum ⁊ XL.
Immediately thereafter, three of King Swegen's sons came from Denmark with 140 ships.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
The name of the Danish king is an Anglicization of Old Norse Sveinn.
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