swaine
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[edit]Noun
[edit]swaine (plural swaines)
- Obsolete spelling of swain.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:
- So be your godlyhead do not disdaine , The base kinred of so simple swaine