Sweoþeod

Old English

Alternative forms

  • Swaþēod

Etymology

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

Noun

Swēoþēod f

  1. Sweden, the Swedish people
    Synonyms: Swēoland, Swēorīċe
    • c. 1000, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV)‎[1], lines 2922–2923a:
      Né ic te Swéoðéode · sibbe oððe tréowe / wihte ne wéne […]
      Nor do I from the Swedish people kinship or truce, / in any way expect. […]

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative Swēoþēod Swēoþēoda, Swēoþēode
accusative Swēoþēode Swēoþēoda, Swēoþēode
genitive Swēoþēode Swēoþēoda
dative Swēoþēode Swēoþēodum

References

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