swyn

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

• IPA^(key): /swəi̯n/

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swyn (plural swyne, diminutive swyntjie)

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

• pêrels voor die swyne gooi

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

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

• IPA^(key): /swiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

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, page 2r, 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.

• brunswyn
• mereswyn
• swynherde

• English: swine
• Scots: swine

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

swȳn n

1. alternative form of swīn

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

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

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

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

• 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