Old English · noun
swegen
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈswe.jen/
- Syllables
- ˈswe · jen (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- swainyoung man
Meaning
-
young man
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself; separate; apart”).
Descendants
swain
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