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swanherd (ˈswɒnhɜːd) Also 6 swannerd, corruptly swanyeard, swannyard. [f. swan n. + herd n.2] One who tends swans; an official having charge of swans.1482 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 224/1 Divers Swanherdes, and Kepers of Swannes. 1554 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 220 For ale for the swanyeard...
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Mute swan
These marks were registered with the Crown and a Royal Swanherd was appointed.
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swanner
swanner (ˈswɒnə(r)) Also 6 swaner. [Partly reduced form of swannerd, swanherd, partly a. MDu. swanier swan-warden, with assimilation to ns. in -er1.] = swanherd.1524 in Archaeologia (1812) XVI. 155 The King's Swannerd, or his Deputy, shall give warning unto the rest of the Swanners, when that he..wi...
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Lacock Abbey (monastery)
drawn up at Chitterne at the Dissolution records 600 wethers, 600 ewes, and 300 hogs and, at the same period, among their employees were 15 hinds and a swanherd
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swineherd
swineherd Not in colloq. use. (ˈswaɪnhɜːd) Forms: see swine and herd n.2; also 5–6 swynnard(e, 5–6 swynard, 6–7 swinheard, 7 swinherd, swiniard, (also 9 dial.) swin(e)yard; 5 swynshyrd. [late OE. sw{yacu}nhyrde: see swine and herd n.2 Cf. MLG. swînherde, OHG. swînhirti (MHG. -hirte, G. schwein(e)hir...
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swan
▪ I. swan, n. (swɒn) Forms: 1– swan; also 1 swann, swon, suon, 1, 4 suan, 4–5 swane, 4–7 swanne, 6 swonne. [Com. Teut. (not recorded for Gothic): OE. swan, swǫn str. m. = OFris. *swon (EFris. swon, NFris., WFris. swaan), OS. suan, MLG. swan, swâne str. and wk. m., swôn str. m., (LG. swaan), MDu. swâ...
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up
▪ I. up, n. (ʌp) [From up adv.1 and adv.2 or a.] 1. a. One who or that which is up, in various senses. rare.1536 Rem. Sedition i b, Say, farewell welth, where lust is lyked, and lawe refused, where uppe is sette downe, and downe sette uppe. 1759 Sterne Tr. Shandy i. xi, With us, you see, the case is...
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