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Swabian (iou) and Sweyn I (sh)


Swabian (iou)



Swabian noun & adjective. E17.
[from Swabia (see below), earlier Suabia Latinized form of German Schwaben + -AN.]
A. noun.
A native or inhabitant of Swabia, a region and former duchy in SW Germany; the German dialect used in Swabia. E17.
A variety of pigeon. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Swabia or the Swabians. L17.

Sweyn I (sh)




or Sweyn Forkbeard

died Feb. 3, 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Eng.

King of Denmark (งใ 987-1014) and Viking conqueror of Norway and England.

He rebelled against his father, Harald Bluetooth (987), chasing him from Denmark. With Swedish and Norwegian allies, he defeated Olaf I Tryggvason (งใ 1000), becoming virtual ruler of Norway. Sweyn led raids on England in 1003-04 and became king after a successful military campaign in 1013, forcing Ethelred II into exile. Norway reverted to Norwegian rule after Sweyn's death, but the Anglo-Danish empire continued under his son Canute the Great.