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. 975–1025, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV)‎^[1], published 4th quarter 10th century–2nd half 16th century, 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

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Swēoþēod”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.