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Old English · noun

Sweoþeod

Normalised Swēoþēod

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
Modern English
swedenswedish

Meaning

  1. Sweden, the Swedish people

    Né ic te Swéoðéode · sibbe oððe tréowe / wihte ne wéne […]

    Nor do I from the Swedish people kinship or truce, / in any way expect. […]

    c. 1000, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV), lines 2922–2923a:

Declension

Declension of Sweoþeod
Singular
Nominative Swēoþēod
Accusative Swēoþēode
Genitive Swēoþēode
Dative Swēoþēode

All forms (2)

Etymology

From Swēo (“Swede”) + þēod (“nation”). Cognate with Old Norse Svíþjóð (“Sweden”) (Icelandic Svíþjóð).

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