Old English · proper noun
Sweorice
Normalised Swēorīċe
- Part of speech
- proper noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈswe͜oː.riː.t͡ʃe/
- Syllables
- ˈswe͜oː · riː · t͡ʃe (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- swedenscandinavia
Meaning
-
Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Swēo (“Swede”) + rīċe (“kingdom”). Cognate with Swedish Sverige, Svea rike.
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sweorice · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution