Sweoþeod

Old English

Alternative forms

• Swaþēod

Etymology

From Swēo (“Swede”) +‎ þēod (“nation”). Cognate with Old Norse Svíþjóð (Icelandic Svíþjóð).

Noun

Swēoþēod f

1. the Swedish people

Declension

Declension of Sweoþeod (strong ō-stem)

Case	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.