swene

English

Alternative forms

sweyn

Etymology

Unknown. Appears, at about the same time, in both the Chester Plays and the Auchinleck manuscript.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsweɪn/

Noun

swene (plural swenes)

(regional, obsolete) A noise.
Make nah swene, ye feckin' getǃ

Usage notes

"Swene" is a fossil word and, at present, can probably only be used and understood by a very few deeply rural speakers in the northern parts of England. It is generally found in the archaic phrase make nah swene.

References

James Orchard Halliwell (1847), “SWENE”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes (in English), volume II (J–Z), London: John Russell Smith, […], OCLC 1008510154, page 837, column 1.
The Legend of Pope Gregory

Anagrams

e-news, enews, newes, sewen, weens

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