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Svíþjóð

nafnorðkvenkynSví-þjóð
(often spelt Sviðioð), Svíþjóðu, 13, ii. 485 (in a verse); Svíþjúðu, Rafn 181, 189: [Svíar and þjóð; the d in the forms Suede, Schweden, Sweden is from the þ in þjóð: the etymology ( 107) from Odin’s name Sviðrir is quite fanciful, for even Tacitus calls the people Swiones, not Swithones]:—the people, land of the Swedes, Sweden, orig. only of Sweden proper as to Gothland; í Danmörku, Gautlandi eðr í Svíþjóð, ii. 277; afterwards used as a general name for the later Swedish empire, including Gothland (Svía-veldi, Svía-ríki): again, Svíþjóð in Kalda or in Mikla, Svíþjóð, ‘the Cold, the Great,’ was the old name of the east of Europe, ‘Scythia,’ see , 1; (), 131: the European Svíðjóð was therefore Svíþjóð in minni, or Swecia Minor,’ 13.
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  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • i. e.id est.
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