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Swegen
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Swein
Etymology
The name of the Danish king is an Anglicization of ang non Sveinn.
Pronunciation
Sweġen
Proper noun
Sweġen m
ang male
Swein Forkbeard, king of Denmark
342 Sōna þǣræfter cōman of Denmarcon þrēo Sweġenes suna kyninges • mid CC. sċypum ⁊ XL. Immediately thereafter, three of King Swegen's sons came from Denmark with 140 ships.
Declension
Sweġen sg
External links
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England – Swegen