swayn

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === sweine, sweyn, sueyn, swain, swein, swaine, sweyne, swane === Etymology === From Old English sweġen, from Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz. Doublet of swon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /swæi̯n/ === Noun === swayn (plural swaynes) squire, attendant of a knight servant, attendant young man commoner ==== Derived terms ==== botswain cokswain ==== Descendants ==== English: swain Scots: swaine, swane ==== References ==== “swein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018.