"swin" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /swiːn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *swīn. Cognate with Old Frisian swīn, Old Saxon swīn. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*swīn}} Proto-West Germanic *swīn, {{cog|ofs|swīn}} Old Frisian swīn, {{cog|osx|swīn}} Old Saxon swīn Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=swīn|head2=|sort=}} swīn n, {{ang-noun|n|head=swīn}} swīn n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|swīn}}, {{ang-decl-noun|swīn|swīn|swīn|swīn|swīnes|swīna|swīne|swīnum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: swīn [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], swīn [nominative, singular], swīn [nominative, plural], swīn [accusative, singular], swīn [accusative, plural], swīnes [genitive, singular], swīna [genitive, plural], swīne [dative, singular], swīnum [dative, plural]
  1. pig
    Sense id: en-swin-ang-noun-8LjJ2E3S
  2. pork
    Sense id: en-swin-ang-noun-Caq82Fnk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swȳn Hyponyms: bār (english: boar), bearg (english: castrated boar), eofor (english: boar), fearh (english: piglet), sugu (english: sow) Derived forms: mereswīn (english: dolphin), swīnen (english: of or like a pig), swīnhaga (english: pigpen), swīnhierde (english: swineherd), swīnnes Related terms: spiċ (english: bacon)
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    },
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      "form": "swīnum",
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      "english": "boar",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "castrated boar",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "boar",
      "word": "eofor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "piglet",
      "word": "fearh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sow",
      "word": "sugu"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bacon",
      "word": "spiċ"
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        {
          "english": "Pigs eat all kinds of things.",
          "text": "Swīn etaþ ealra cynna þing.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Pigs always like rolling around in the mud.",
          "text": "Swīn lyst simle bewealwian on solum.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'm bigger and fatter than a fattened pig.",
          "roman": "Māra iċ eom and fǣtra þonne āmæsted swīn.",
          "text": "unknown date, unknown author, Exeter Book, riddle 40",
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        {
          "english": "Don't eat new cheese, fresh goose, fresh eel, or fresh pork.",
          "text": "9th century, Bald's Leechbook\nNe et nīewne ċīese, ne fersċe gōs, ne fersċne ǣl, ne fersċ swīn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "ipa": "/swiːn/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "swȳn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swin"
}
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      "english": "dolphin",
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      "english": "of or like a pig",
      "word": "swīnen"
    },
    {
      "english": "pigpen",
      "word": "swīnhaga"
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    {
      "english": "swineherd",
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      "english": "boar",
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      "english": "castrated boar",
      "word": "bearg"
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    {
      "english": "boar",
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      "english": "piglet",
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      "english": "sow",
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        {
          "english": "Pigs eat all kinds of things.",
          "text": "Swīn etaþ ealra cynna þing.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Pigs always like rolling around in the mud.",
          "text": "Swīn lyst simle bewealwian on solum.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "I'm bigger and fatter than a fattened pig.",
          "roman": "Māra iċ eom and fǣtra þonne āmæsted swīn.",
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          "english": "Don't eat new cheese, fresh goose, fresh eel, or fresh pork.",
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    {
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  ],
  "word": "swin"
}

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