Note 43 — Chapter III · THE FIRST GOLDEN AGE
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The name Sueve, Suevi (Anglo-Saxon, Swaefas; Modern German, Schwabe), was a generic appellation, like that of the body of distinct tribes who composed the Allemannic confederacy; the name of Suevi was frequently interchanged with that of Allemanni by ancient writers. See Hampson’s Essay on King Alfred’s “Orosius.” The Sueves had come to Galicia from the territory stretching between the Rhine and the Elbe.