Swineshead
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English Swynesheved, Swynesheed, from Old English *Swīneshēafod, from swīnes (“pig's”) + hēafod (“head”); compare Old Italian Suinsivede.
The euphemistic forms Swanshead and Swayneshead were known in Early Modern English.
Proper noun
[edit]Swineshead
- A small village and civil parish (served by Pertenhall and Swineshead Parish Council) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0565). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2340). [2]
References
[edit]Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in Bedfordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Bedfordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England