Sweyn

/ (sweɪn) /


noun
  1. known as Sweyn Forkbeard. died 1014, king of Denmark (?986–1014). He conquered England, forcing Ethelred II to flee (1013); father of Canute

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How to use Sweyn in a sentence

  • On the death of Sweyn he was invited to resume the government, and died at London in the midst of his struggle with Canute .

  • Sweyn's History must have been completed not long after 1185, to which date belongs the last event he records.

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  • The following year Sweyn invaded the kingdom with a powerful army and assumed the crown of England.

  • The Earl was for letting them all be slain at once, but Sweyn said that should not be, and said too that it was night.

  • On came Earl Sweyn's fleet, fiercely attacking that of Olaf, a cloud of spears and arrows filling the air.