Swerje

Swedish

Swerje n (genitive Swerjes)

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; […]