The name of an 11th C king of Denmark, England, and Sweden, two 11th C kings of Norway, an 11th C king of Denmark, and a 12th C king of Denmark.
The English forms Swan and Swayne are witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Swansoñ (WRYPT1 p. 162) and Swaynessoñ (WRYPT1 p. 300).
- Denmark
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- Danish
- ● 1581 Suend KD-1 no. 362,
Suennd ibid. no. 362,
Suenndt ibid. no. 362
- England
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- Latin
- ● c1145x1159 Swani (gen) EYC-3 1666,
Swano (dat) ibid. 1666;
1185x1186 Suein (dat) PR-XXXVI p. 11,
Sueino (abl) ibid. p. 5;
1189 Suanus (nom) GASurv p. 173,
Suein (nom) ibid. p. 159,
Sueinus (nom) ibid. p. 161;
1222 Sweino (nom) StPaulDom p. 81,
Sweno (nom) ibid. p. 61,
sueni (gen) ibid. p. 20;
1279–80 Swayn (gen) WaHR-SK p. 56
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Swein (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 11
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● c1100 Swein (abl) ESC XX
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Suenoni (dat) SDHK no. 6060,
Suens (gen) ibid. no. 6059,
Swenoni (dat) ibid. no. 6060;
1383 Sweno (nom) SRA-vol2 no. 1901;
1411 Suenonis (gen) SDHK no. 17654,
Sweno (nom) ibid. no. 17654
- Old Swedish
- ● 1359 Swen (nom) SDHK no. 7548;
1377 Swen (nom) ibid. no. 11085;
1379 Swens (gen) ibid. no. 11542;
1383 Sweens (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1940,
Swen (nom) ibid. no. 1900;
1403 Swen (nom) SDHK no. 16167;
1408 Swens (gen) ibid. no. 17116;
1409 Swen (nom) ibid. no. 17337,
Swens (gen) ibid. no. 17269;
1410 Swen (nom) ibid. no. 17485;
1411 Swen (nom) ibid. no. 17663,
Swens (gen) ibid. no. 17627;
1414 Swen (nom) ibid. no. 18236;
1420 Svens (gen) ibid. no. 19436;
1518 Suen (nom) HGS p. 154;
1519 Suen (nom) ibid. p. 154;
1520 Suen (nom) ibid. p. 154
- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1533 Swen (nom) HGS p. 156;
1535 Swen (nom) ibid. p. 156,
Swens (gen) ibid. p. 156;
1541 Swen (nom) ibid. p. 159
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Sven". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Sven.