"swan" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /swɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Compare Old Saxon swan (Low German Swaan), Dutch zwaan, Old High German swan (German Schwan), Old Norse svanr (Swedish svan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*swan}} Proto-West Germanic *swan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*swanaz}} Proto-Germanic *swanaz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*swenh₂-||to sound, resound}} Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”), {{cog|osx|swan}} Old Saxon swan, {{cog|nds|Swaan}} Low German Swaan, {{cog|nl|zwaan}} Dutch zwaan, {{cog|goh|swan}} Old High German swan, {{cog|de|Schwan}} German Schwan, {{cog|non|svanr}} Old Norse svanr, {{cog|sv|svan}} Swedish svan Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} swan m, {{ang-noun|m}} swan m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|swan}}, {{ang-decl-noun|swan|swanas|swan|swanas|swanes|swana|swane|swanum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], swan [nominative, singular], swanas [nominative, plural], swan [accusative, singular], swanas [accusative, plural], swanes [genitive, singular], swana [genitive, plural], swane [dative, singular], swanum [dative, plural]
  1. swan Tags: masculine Synonyms: ielfete, swon, suan, suon
    Sense id: en-swan-ang-noun-aFba67AR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /swɑːn/ Forms: swān [canonical, masculine]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *swainaz. Doublet of sweġen, a borrowing from Old Norse. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*swainaz}} Proto-Germanic *swainaz, {{doublet|ang|sweġen}} Doublet of sweġen, {{m+|non|-}} Old Norse Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=swān|sort=}} swān m, {{ang-noun|m|head=swān}} swān m
  1. man; warrior
    Sense id: en-swan-ang-noun-ang:man
  2. herdsman; herder Categories (lifeform): Swans
    Sense id: en-swan-ang-noun-koUpA4Fg Disambiguation of Swans: 5 5 61 24 5 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 68 19 2
  3. servant Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-swan-ang-noun-KVryxVxx Disambiguation of People: 0 42 0 58 0
  4. boy; lad
    Sense id: en-swan-ang-noun-cYhuEXw8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "swān m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "swān"
      },
      "expansion": "swān m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "man; warrior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ang:man"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "herdsman; herder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "herdsman",
          "herdsman"
        ],
        [
          "herder",
          "herder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boy; lad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/swɑːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swan"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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