swin – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of swin

Noun: swin
Gender:

Nominative

Singularswīn
Pluralswīn

Genitive

Singularswīnes
Pluralswīna

Dative

Singularswīne
Pluralswīnum

Accusative

Singularswīn
Pluralswīn

Sample Sentences

  • 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 (I'm bigger and fatter than a fattened pig.)
  • 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.)

Nouns inflected like swin

mereswin, æppelwin, win, swin,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swīn. Cognate with Old Frisian swīn, Old Saxon swīn.

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