Swine

Swine
This ancient surname is of Old Scandinavian origin, and derives from the Old Norse male given name "Sveinn", Middle English "Swein", boy (servant), attendant, used also of a swineherd or young rustic. The surname has the rare distinction of being first recorded prior to Domesday (see below), and the personal name appears variously as "Suein, Suen, Suuain, Suan" and "Suuan" in the Domesday Book of 1086. Further early recordings from England include: Robert Suein (Yorkshire, 1166), and Walter le Swein (Worcestershire, 1221). The name is also well recorded in Scotland from the late 13th Century: Laurence Swyn was burgess of Aberdeen in 1294, and Adam Swyn of Rystone, Berwickshire, rendered homage to Edward 1, King of England, in 1296, while in 1581, Crispinie Swyne was noted in Dunfermline. In Scotland, Swine may also be a shortened form of the Olde English pre 7th Century "Sigewine" (Middle English "Siwine"), a personal name composed of the elements "sige", wise, and "wine", friend. Recordings of the surname from London Church Registers include: the marriage of Alis Swin to Robert Medley at St. Margaret Lothbury, on January 26th 1540, and the marriage of Mary Ann Swinn to Charles Briggs at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, on December 25th 1821. The Coat of Arms most associated with the name is an azure shield with a gold chevron between three pheons, on a red chevron, as many maidens' heads couped proper, crined gold. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Osgot Sveyn, which was dated 1045, in the "Anglo-Saxon Wills Records of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of Edward the Confessor, Saxon Ruler of England, 1042 - 1066. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Swine — Swine, n. sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[=i]n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[=i]n, Icel. sv[=i]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See {Sow}, n.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any animal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swine — [swaın] n [: Old English; Origin: swin] 1.) plural swine or swines informal someone who behaves very rudely or unpleasantly ▪ Leave her alone, you filthy swine! 2.) old use a pig …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • swine — [ swaın ] noun count 1. ) (plural swine or swines) INFORMAL an extremely unpleasant or cruel man 2. ) (plural swine) an old word meaning a pig …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • swine — O.E. swin pig, hog, from P.Gmc. *swinan (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. M.L.G., O.H.G. swin, M.Du. swijn, Du. zwijn, Ger. Schwein), neuter adjective (with suffix * ino ) from PIE *su (see SOW (Cf. sow) (n.)). The native word, largely ousted by PIG (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • swine — swine; swine·man; …   English syllables

  • swine — [swīn] n. pl. swine [ME swin < OE, akin to Ger schwein < IE base * su , pig, sow > Gr hys,SOW1, L sus] 1. any of a family (Suidae) of omnivorous, artiodactylous mammals with a bristly coat and elongated, flexible snout; esp., a… …   English World dictionary

  • Swine — Swine, der mittlere der drei Ausflüsse der Oder in die Ostsee im Kreise Usedom Wollin des Regierungsbezirks Stettin (Preußische Provinz Pommern), trennt die Inseln Usedom u. Wollin, bildet bei Swinemünde den Hafen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Swine — Swine, die mittlere Ausmündung der Oder in die Ostsee, trennt die Inseln Usedom und Wollin …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Swine — Swine, mittlerer Ausfluß des Stettinerhaffs, trennt die Inseln Usedom u. Wollin, fließt bei Swinemünde in die Ostsee …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Swine —   die, polnisch Śwịna [ ɕfina], Mündungsarm der Oder zwischen den Inseln Usedom und Wollin, Woiwodschaft Szczecin (Stettin), Polen, verbindet das Stettiner Haff mit der Ostsee, etwa 16 km lang, 100 1 000 m breit und 9 17 m tief, für Seeschiffe… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • swine — swīn n any of various stout bodied short legged mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long mobile snout esp a domesticated member of a species (Sus scrofa) that occurs wild in the Old World …   Medical dictionary

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