swyn

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zwijn, from Middle Dutch swijn, from Old Dutch swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swəi̯n/

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Noun

swyn (plural swyne, diminutive swyntjie)

1. A swine, boar, hog.
2. A pig; a revolting person, in particular a man.

Derived terms

• pêrels voor die swyne gooi

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sqwyne, suin, swein, sweyne, swin, swine, swiyn, swyne, swynne, zuin

Etymology

Inherited from Old English swīn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

swyn (plural swyn or (rare) swynes)

1. A pig, hog or swine.

   Synonyms: hog, pigge

   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 9, verso, lines 597-599:

     Hıs loꝛdes sheep[e] / hıs neet / hıs daẏerẏe / Hıs swẏn / hıs hoꝛs / hıs stooꝛ / and hıs pultrẏe / Was hoollẏ / ın thıs Reues gou[er]nẏnge […]

     His lord's sheep, beef herd, dairy herd, / swine, horses, livestock, and poultry, / were entirely under this reeve's control […]

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 7:6, folio 2, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     Nile ȝe ȝyue hooli þing to houndis · neþer caſte ȝe ȝoure margaritis bifoꝛe ſwyn / leſt parauenture þei defoulen hem wiþ her feet / ⁊ and þe houndes be turned and ⁊ to tere ȝou

     You shouldn't give holy things to dogs or throw your pearls at pigs, in case they trample them with their feet while the dogs are turned and rip at you.

2. The meat of swine or pigs; pork.

   Synonyms: hog, pigge

3. (colloquial) A disgraceful individual.

Related terms

• brunswyn
• mereswyn
• swynherde

Descendants

• English: swine
• Scots: swine

References

• “swīn(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswyː.nes/, /ˈswiː.nes/

Noun

swȳn n

1. alternative form of swīn

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	swȳn	swȳn
accusative	swȳn	swȳn
genitive	swȳnes	swȳna
dative	swȳne	swȳnum

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh swyn, from Proto-Brythonic *suɨɣn, from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /suːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /sʊi̯n/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯n

Noun

swyn m (plural swynion, not mutable)

1. spell, incantation
2. sorcery, witchcraft
3. magic remedy, charm for healing
4. (magic) charm, amulet, talisman
5. sign, ceremony, ritual, blessing
6. charm, fascination

Derived terms

• rhif swyn (“magic number”)
• swyno (“to charm”)
• swynol (“charming”)
• swynwr (“magician”)

References

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