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.