Svíþjóð

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Svíþjóð, ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᛅᚢᚦ (suiþiauþ). Equivalent to Svíi (“Swede”) +‎ þjóð (“nation”). === Proper noun === Svíþjóð f (proper noun, genitive singular Svíþjóðar) Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Svíi sænskur svenskur == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᚢᚦ (suiþiuþ), ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᛅᚢᚦ (suiþiauþ) === Etymology === svíar (“Swedes”) +‎ þjóð (“nation”). === Proper noun === Svíþjóð f (genitive Svíþjóðar) a region of the Swedes around the Mälar valley in modern-day eastern Sweden ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Gautland (“the land of the Geats”) svíar (“Swedes”) sænskr (“Swedish”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Svíþjóð Swedish: Svetjud → Swedish: Svitjod, Svithiod (learned)