Geats
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The Geats, sometimes called Goths, were a large North Germanic tribe who inhabited Götaland in modern southern Sweden from antiquity until the Late Middle Ages. They are one of the progenitor groups o
Geatish settlements during the 6th century, within the red lines. The green areas show the main areas of North Germanic settlement in Scandinavia.
Sveær egho konong at taka ok sva vrækæ and the following sentences in the Westrogothic law
Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r
Swedes (tribe)
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The Swedes were a North Germanic tribe who inhabited Svealand in central Sweden. Along with Geats and Gutes, they were one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes.
Geats
…in modern southern Sweden from antiquity until the Late Middle Ages. They are one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes, along with the tribes of Swedes and Gutes. The name of the Geats also lives on in the Swedish provinces of Västergötland and Östergötland, the western and eastern lands of the Geats…
Piraeus Lion drawing of curved lindworm. The runes on the lion tell of Swedish warriors, most likely Varangians, mercenaries in the service of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Emperor.
The Runestone DR 344 is one of the earliest surviving instances of the name Svíþjóð, in Scandinavia (only Runestone DR 216, Beowulf and probably also the Getica are earlier).
Gamla Uppsala was the main religious and political centre of the tribe.
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus