swene

English edit

Alternative forms edit

sweyn

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsweɪn/
Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun edit

swene (plural not attested)

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

Usage notes edit

"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 edit

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, volumes II (J–Z), London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 837, column 1.
The Legend of Pope Gregory

Anagrams edit

e-news, enews, ensew, newes, sewen, weens