=Swaran=, king of Lochlin (_Denmark_), son and successor of Starno. He invaded Ireland in the reign of Cormac II. (a minor), and defeated Cuthullin, general of the Irish forces. When Fingal arrived the tide of battle was reversed, and Swaran surrendered. Fingal, out of love to Agandecca (Swaran’s sister), who once saved his life, dismissed the vanquished king with honor, after having invited him to a feast. Swaran is represented as fierce, proud and high-spirited; but Fingal as calm, moderate and generous.--Ossian, _Fingal_. =Swash-Buckler= (_A_), a riotous, quarrelsome person. Nash says to Gabriel Harvey: “_Turpe senex miles_, ’tis time for such an olde fool to leave playing the swash-buckler” (1598). =Swedenborgians= (called by themselves “The New Jerusalem Church”). They are believers in the doctrines taught by Dr. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). Their views respecting salvation, the inspiration of the Bible, future life and the Trinity, differ widely from those of other Christians. In regard to the Trinity, they believe it to be centered in the person of Jesus Christ. =Swedish Nightingale= (_The_), Jenny Lind, the public singer. She married Mr. Goldschmidt, and retired (1821-1887). =Swee´dlepipe= (_Paul_), known as “Poll,” barber and bird-fancier; Mrs. Gamp’s landlord. He is a little man, with a shrill voice but a kind heart, in appearance “not unlike the birds he was so fond of.” Mr. Sweedlepipe entertains a profound admiration of Bailey, senior, whom he considers to be a cyclopædia “of all the stable-knowledge of the time.”--C. Dickens, _Martin Chuzzlewit_ (1844). =Sweepclean= (_Saunders_), a king’s messenger at Knockwinnock Castle.--Sir W. Scott, _The Antiquary_ (time, George III.). =Sweet Singer of Israel= (_The_), King David. =Sweet Singer of the Temple=, George Herbert, author of a poem called _The Temple_ (1593-1633). =Sweno=, son of the king of Denmark. While bringing succors to Godfrey, he was attacked in the night by Solyman, at the head of an army of Arabs, and himself and all his followers were left dead on the field. Sweno was buried in a marble sepulchre, which appeared miraculously on the field of battle, expressly for his interment (bk. viii.).--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_ (1575). This is a very parallel case to that of Rhesus. This Thracian prince was on his march to Troy, bringing succors to Priam, but Ulysses and Diomed attacked him at night, slew Rhesus and his army, and carried off all the horses.--Homer, _Iliad_, x. =Swertha=, housekeeper of the elder Mertoun (formerly a pirate).--Sir W. Scott, _The Pirate_ (time, William III.). =Swidger= (_William_), custodian of a college. His wife was Milly, and his father, Philip. Mr. Swidger was a great talker, and generally began with, “That’s what I say,” _à propos_ of nothing.--C. Dickens, _The Haunted Man_ (1848). =Swimmers.= Leander used to swim across the Hellespont every night to visit Hero.--Musæus, _De Amore Herois et Leandri_.