Suiogothic, a. and n.
(swiːəʊˈgɒθɪk)
Also 8 Sue(o-)gothic.
[ad. mod.L. Suio-, Sueogothicus, serving as adj. to Suiones (Sueones) Gothīque, which was used to denote the Sviar, Svear Swedes, and Götar (Göthar), older Gautar, the inhabitants of Götland (the southern portion of Sweden).]
Swedish; the (Old and Middle) Swedish language.
| 1759 B. Stillingfl. tr. Linnæus' Orat. Trav. in Misc. Tracts (1762) 16 Its name, still used among the Suegothic vulgar. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VIII. 23/1 Of this Woden many wonderful things are related in the Sueo-gothic chronicles. 1814 Jamieson Hermes Scythicus i. 12 Alemannic ostar, Suio-Gothic öster, Islandic austr, oriens. Ibid. ii. 4 To the Islandic, the Suio-Gothic, including the ancient language of Sweden, is very nearly allied. |