swin

See also: swín and świń

Middle English

Noun

swin

1. alternative form of swyn

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German swīn (“swine, pig”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną (“swine, pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠wiːn/

Noun

swīn n (genitive singular swīnes, plural swīn)

1. swine, pig

Declension

Declension of swīn (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	swīn	diu	swīn
genitive	eines	dës	swīnes	dër	swīne
dative	eime	dëm	swīne	dën	swīnen
accusative	ein	daȥ	swīn	diu	swīn

Descendants

• Alemannic German:

  Walser: Schwii

• Central Franconian: Schwein

  Hunsrik: Schwein

  Luxembourgish: Schwäin

• German: Schwein
• Vilamovian: śwajn
• Yiddish: שװײַן (shvayn)

Old English

Sugu mid ānum hire fēara

Alternative forms

• swȳn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swīn. Cognate with Old Frisian swīn, Old Saxon swīn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swiːn/

Noun

swīn n

1. pig

   Swīn etaþ ealra cynna þing.

   Pigs eat all kinds of things.

   Swīn lyst simle bewealwian on solum.

   Pigs always like rolling around in the mud.

   • unknown date, unknown author, Exeter Book, riddle 40

     Māra iċ eom and fǣtra þonne āmæsted swīn.

     I'm bigger and fatter than a fattened pig.

2. pork
   • 9th century, Bald's Leechbook

     Ne et nīewne ċīese, ne fersċe gōs, ne fersċne ǣl, ne fersċ swīn.

     Don't eat new cheese, fresh goose, fresh eel, or fresh pork.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	swīn	swīn
accusative	swīn	swīn
genitive	swīnes	swīna
dative	swīne	swīnum

Hyponyms

• bār (“boar”)
• bearg (“castrated boar”)
• eofor (“boar”)
• fearh (“piglet”)
• sugu (“sow”)

Derived terms

• mereswīn (“dolphin”)
• swīnen (“of or like a pig”)
• swīnhaga (“pigpen”)
• swīnhierde (“swineherd”)
• swīnnes

Descendants

• Middle English: swyn, sqwyne, suin, swein, sweyne, swin, swine, swiyn, swyne, swynne, zuin
  • English: swine
  • Scots: swine

See also

• spiċ (“bacon”)

Old High German

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną. Cognate with Old Frisian swīn, Old Saxon swīn and Old English swīn.

Noun

swīn n

1. swine, pig

Declension

Declension of swīn (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	swīn	swīn
accusative	swīn	swīn
genitive	swīnes	swīno
dative	swīne	swīnum
instrumental	swīnu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: swīn
  • Alemannic German:

    Walser: Schwii

  • Central Franconian: Schwein

    Hunsrik: Schwein

    Luxembourgish: Schwäin

  • German: Schwein
  • Vilamovian: śwajn
  • Yiddish: שװײַן (shvayn)

See Further

• “Schwein”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Tarifit

Verb

swin (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵡⵉⵏ)

1. inflection of su:
   1. third-person masculine plural perfective
   2. third-person masculine plural negative perfective