swinhierde
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *swīnahirdī. Equivalent to swīn (“pig”) + hierde (“herder”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]swīnhierde m
Declension
[edit]Strong ja-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | swīnhierde | swīnhierdas |
accusative | swīnhierde | swīnhierdas |
genitive | swīnhierdes | swīnhierda |
dative | swīnhierde | swīnhierdum |
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: swyneherde
- English: swineherd
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swínhirde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.