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Svitjod (also
spelled Svithiod; Old Norse:
Svíþjóð, Old Swedish: Svethiudh) was an
early name for both the
people known as the
Svear and the land they...
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referred to Svealand.
Other forms are Sweoðeod (Old Norse/Icelandic
Svíþjóð), and Sweorice. As the
domains of the
Swedish kings grew, the name Svealand...
- from Östergötland and
where Bråviken is located: ..Kolmerkr, er
skilr Svíþjóð ok Eystra-Gautland ... sem
heitir Brávík. In the
legend of Blenda, the...
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described as the
border between Sweden and
Ostrogothia (...Kolmerkr, er
skilr Svíþjóð ok Eystra-Gautland...), and in
Hervarar saga, King
Ingold I
rides to Sweden...
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visited the
country in 1219,
explained in the
Heimskringla (1225): In
Svithjod it was the old custom, as long as
heathenism prevailed, that the chief...
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visited the
country in 1219,
explained in the
Heimskringla (1225): In
Svithjod it was the old custom, as long as
heathenism prevailed, that the chief...
- The
statement of the
Hervarar saga that
Stenkil was
originally Jarl in
Svíþjóð (in the
first hand, the
provinces around Lake Mälaren)
nevertheless calls...
- Norse: [ˈɡylve]), Gylfe, Gylvi, or
Gylve was the
earliest recorded king of
Sviþjoð, Sweden, in Scandinavia. He is
known by the name
Gangleri when appearing...
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visited the
country in 1219,
explained in the
Heimskringla (1225): In
Svithjod it was the old custom, as long as
heathenism prevailed, that the chief...
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described as the
border between Sweden and Östergötland (..Kolmerkr, er
skilr Svíþjóð ok Eystra-Gautland). It also
appears as
Mirkwood in some
editions of Sögubrot...
