indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval Slavic, History
Scripts Свенельд(Church Slavic)
Other Forms FormsSweneld
Meaning & History
Medieval Slavic form of Svæinaldr. Sveneld is a semi-legendary 10th-century Varangian warlord in the service of Svyatoslav I of Kiev and his family. Although he seems to have been the richest and the most influential Rus' leader after the ruling prince, his relation to the House of Rurik, if it existed, has not been positively established.