English Explanatory Dictionary

Swineshead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village and civil parish (served by Pertenhall and Swineshead Parish Council) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0565).
  2. A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2340).

Word forms

Swineshead

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Swynesheved, Swynesheed, from Old English *Swīneshēafod, from swīnes (“pig's”) + hēafod (“head”); compare Old Italian Suinsivede. The euphemistic forms Swanshead and Swayneshead were known in Early Modern English.

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