swin
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See also: świń
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
swin
- Alternative form of swyn
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *swīn. Cognate with Old Frisian swīn, Old Saxon swīn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
swīn n
- 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.
- 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.
- 9th century, Bald's Leechbook
Declension[edit]
Declension of swin (strong a-stem)
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- mereswīn (“dolphin”)
- swīnen (“of or like a pig”)
- swīnhaga (“pigpen”)
- swīnhierde (“swineherd”)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- spiċ (“bacon”)
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