swegen

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself; separate; apart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswe.jen/

Noun

swegen m

1. young man

Dervied terms

• bātsweġen

Descendants

• Middle English: swayn, sweine, sweyn, sueyn, swain, sweyn, swein, swaine, sweyne, swane
  • English: swain
  • Scots: swaine, swane

References

• Sara M. Pons-Sanz (2013) The Lexical Effects of Anglo-Scandanavian Linguistic Contact on Old English, Turhout, Belgium: Brepolis Publishers