swaine

English

Noun

swaine (plural swaines)

  1. Obsolete spelling of swain
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Aegloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, OCLC 890162479:
      So be your godlyhead do not disdaine , The base kinred of so simple swaine
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