sewin

English

Alternative forms

• sewen

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh sewin, siwin.

Noun

sewin (plural sewins)

1. (Wales) Sea trout, a subspecies of brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha trutta).

Anagrams

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sinew, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen

Scots

Numeral

sewin

1. Obsolete form of seiven.

Welsh

Etymology

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Noun

sewin m (plural sewiniaid, not mutable)

1. Alternative form of siwin (“sea trout, sewin”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sewin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies