Svíþjóð

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Svíþjóð, ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᛅᚢᚦ (suiþiauþ). Equivalent to Svíi (“Swede”) +‎ þjóð (“nation”).

Proper noun

Svíþjóð f (genitive singular Svíþjóðar, no plural)

  1. Sweden (a country in northern Europe)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᚢᚦ (suiþiuþ), ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᛅᚢᚦ (suiþiauþ)

Etymology

svíar (“Swedes”) +‎ þjóð (“nation”).

Proper noun

Svíþjóð f (genitive Svíþjóðar)

  1. the land of the Swedes around the Mälar valley, roughly equivalent to modern-day eastern Sweden

Declension

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  • Gautland (“the land of the Geats”)
  • svíar (“Swedes”)
  • sænskr (“Swedish”)
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