Sweoland
Old English
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Swēoland
Etymology
Swēo (“Swede”) + land (“land”). Cognate with Swedish Svealand (“the central region of Sweden”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswe͜oːˌlɑnd/
Proper noun
Swēoland n
- Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Swēoland | — |
| accusative | Swēoland | — |
| genitive | Swēolandes | — |
| dative | Swēolande | — |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Sweoland”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.