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swain

swain · swains

друг, хлопець, коханий

товарищ, пара, компаньон

Paar, Kamerad, Gefährte

A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral settingA rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

/sweɪn/

Значення

значень: 4

(поетичне)A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
(застаріле)A young man or boy in service; a servant.
(застаріле)A knight's servant; an attendant.
(архаїчне)A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.

Ще визначення

a man who is the lover of a man or woman

Походження

From Middle English swayn, swain, sweyn, swein, from Old English sweġen (attested also as

From Middle English swayn, swain, sweyn, swein, from Old English sweġen (attested also as personal name Swein, Sweġen), from Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself; separate; apart”), thus properly one's own.

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