swaepas

Updated: May 29, 2025

Hence to the north of the source of the Danube, and to the east of the Rhine are the people called eastern Franks . To the south of them are the Swaepas . On the opposite banks of the Danube, and to the south and east, are the people called Baegth-ware , in that part which is called Regnes-burh . Due east from them are the Beme . To the north-east the Thyringas . To the north of these are the Old Seaxan . To the north-west of these are the Frysan ; and to the west of Old Saxony is the mouth of the Aelfe or Elbe, as also Frysan or Friesland.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

They were called east Franks to distinguish them from that other part of the nation which inhabited ancient Gaul, and Franconia continues to preserve their name. Forst. Swaepas, or Suevae, who formed part of the Allemanic confederacy, and afterwards gave their name of Swabes to an extensive nation, in whose bounds modern Swabia is still situated. Forst.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time