- The
Swedes (Swedish: svear; Old Norse: svíar, Old English:
Swēon) were a
North Germanic tribe who
inhabited Svealand ("land of the Swedes") in central...
-
English name for
Sweden was Swēoland or Swēorīċe, land or
kingdom of the
Swēon,
whereas the
Germanic tribe of the
Swedes was
called Svíþjóð in Old Norse...
- Gēatas live east of the Dani (across the sea) and in
close contact with the
Sweon,
which fits the
historical position of the
Geats between the
Danes and the...
- as
Viking ships). This word
Suiones is the same name as in Anglo-Saxon
Sweon whose country in Angle-Saxon was
called Sweoland (Svealand). In Beowulf...
- Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, all
which territory is
subject to the
Sweons; and
Weonodland [the land of the Wends] was all the way on our right, as...
- Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, all
which territory is
subject to the
Sweons; and
Weonodland was all the way on our right, as far as Weissel-mouth. The...
- Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, all
which territory is
subject to the
Sweons; and
Weonodland (the land of the Wends) was all the way on our right, as...
- uses the name
Burgenda land to
refer to a
territory next to the land of
Sweons ("Swedes"). The 19th
century poet and
mythologist Viktor Rydberg ****erted...
- Century.
Their endonym is a
clear cognate of the
Suiones (also
known as
Swēon) the Swedes. Also
known as Ingaevonic.
Their territory was ****essed for...
- that Blekinge, Möre, Öland and
Gotland belonged to the
Swedes (hyrað to
Sweon). The Flateyjarbók (late 14th century) has a
different account about Eric...
