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Re: What do these names mean: Eske Svea
Eske: Das große Vornamenlexikon (Duden) says: Fresian pet form, probably of names formed with Old Fresian "es", meaning "Ase (God)".Svea is as Swedish as can be: The Svear people were one of the Germanic tribes in the early history of Sweden. "Sverige", the Swedish name of the country, means "Svear-rike" (realm of the Svear). The Roman writer Tacitus reports about the Svear in his book "Germania". A Swedish professor of linguistics from the University of Uppsala told me: Svea probably means something like "of the own people, ourselves" (similar to the original meaning of "deutsch", German).In modern times Svea became a symbolic character representing Sweden as a whole. In 1670 the artist David Klöcker Ehrenstahl painted "Moder Svea" to the ceiling of the Knights' Hall in Stockholm. There is a poem by Esaias Tegnér called "Svea" (1811), calling upon Svea to help against the Russians, who had (once more) invaded the country. This time she couldn't help.Hope this helpsAndy ;—)
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Wow, I'm impressed to see you know so much about Sweden! :)
Just a little correction: it's "Svea rike," not "Svear rike".The Swedish word for "swallow" (the bird) is "svala."
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I don't really know much about your (?) country. It took me quite some time to collect all the information about the name SVEA. But it was fun, and I really like Sweden, although I haven't seen much of it all.
Thanks for the corrrection!Andy ;—)
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