brunswyn
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From broun (“brown, dark”) + swyn (“pig”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brunswyn
- (Late Middle English, hapax) porpoise (cetacean of family Phocoenidae)
References[edit]
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Brown-swine”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1137, column 2.