swin

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See also: świń

Middle English

Noun

swin

Alternative form of swyn

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

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.

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”)

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