Swerje

Swedish

Proper noun

Swerje n (genitive Swerjes)

  1. obsolete spelling of Sverige (“Sweden”)
    • 1740, Carl Gyllenborg, Svenska Sprätthöken, page 2:
      Sachta sachta Grefwe, wi famtas och kyßas intet så häftigt här i Swerje som i Frankrike; […]
      Gently, gently, Count, embracing and kissing are not as intense here in Sweden as in France; […]
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