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mere-swín

  • noun [ neuter ]
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mere-swín, es; n.
A sea-pig, porpoise, dolphin
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  • Ðes mereswín

    hic delfin,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 14
    • ;
    • Som. 9, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 15: i. 281, 56.
  • Mereswín

    bacharus,

    • 281, 57: 65, 61:

    delphin vel bocharius vel simones,

    • 55, 60.
  • Mereswýn

    bacharus,

    • 21, 46.
  • Meresuín

    bacanius,

      ii. 102, 11.
  • Ǽlc seldfynde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 28.
  • Nim mereswínes fel,

    • L. M. 3, 40
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 334, 1.
  • Mereswýn and stirian

    delphinos et sturias,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9: Bd. 1, 1
    • ;
    • S. 473, 17.
Etymology
[
Icel. mar-swín
:
O. H. Ger. meri-suín
:
Ger. meerschwein dolphin, porpoise.
]
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