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

sweġen m

  1. young man

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: swayn, sweine, sweyn, sueyn, swain, 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
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