Swete and brack

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  • sweet and brackish: the fresh water of the River Liffey and the salt water of Dublin Bay, which merge in the river's estuary
  • svet: (Russian) light
  • Finngaill and Dubhgaill: (Irish) "white foreigners" and "black foreigners" → generic names for the Norwegian and Danish settlers in Ireland
  • Swede: citizen of Sweden