Sweoland

Old English

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Ispania

Īrland

Sċotland

Wēalas

Orcadas

Wiht

Engla land

Francland

Norþweġ

Frīsland

Denemearc

Germanie

Swēoland

Burgenda land

Sċedenīġ

Italia

Sicilie

Finna land

Ungerland

Ilirice

Pulgara land

Ēstland

Wendelsǣ

Mæcedonia

Grēcland

Syria

Sciþþia

Armenia

Etymology

Swēo (“Swede”) +‎ land (“land”). Cognate with Swedish Svealand (“the central region of Sweden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswe͜oːˌlɑnd/

Proper noun

Swēoland n

1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

   Synonyms: Swēorīċe, Swēoþēod

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, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.