mereswinen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪəswʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪrˌswaɪn/, Scottish English

/ˈmirswʌin/

Forms: Old English mereswin, Old English–Middle English meresuin, Old English–Middle English mereswyn, Middle English mereswyne, Middle English mersuine, 1500s marswyn, 1900s– meer-swine; Scottish pre-1700 mareswine, pre-1700 mareswyne, pre-1700 meirswine, pre-1700 meirswyne, pre-1700 mereswyne, pre-1700 mersuine, pre-1700 mersuyne, pre-1700 merswine, pre-1700 merswyne, pre-1700 meyrswyne, 1700s–1800s meerswine, 1800s mereswine.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Dutch mereswīn (Middle Dutch maerswijn , meerswijn , merswijn , Dutch meerzwijn ), Middle Low German merswīn , Old High German meriswīn (Middle High German mereswīn , merswīn , German Meerschwein ), Icelandic marsvín , Old Swedish marsvin (Swedish marsvin ), Danish marsvin < the Germanic base of mere n.¹ + the Germanic base of swine n.; compare porpoise n. and discussion at that entry, and also Welsh morwch porpoise, dolphin, seal (c1400; < môr sea (see mere n.¹) + hwch : see swine n.), Old Cornish morhoch , glossing Latin delphinus , and related forms in other Celtic languages. Compare Middle French, French marsouin marsouin n., and post-classical Latin marsuinus (c1100 in a British source), marsum (late 11th cent. in a British source, probably a transmission error for marsuin).

Chiefly Scottish in later use.

A dolphin; a porpoise. Cf. sea-swine n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Phocaenidae (porpoise)

swineeOE

mereswineeOE

pellock1331

sea-swine1398

porpoisea1425

brownswinec1440

bassinatc1540

pollantine1558

sea-hog1580

hogfish1611

tursion1655

tumbler1694

sea-pig1826

snuffer1829

puffing pig1845

puff-pig1861

puffer1884

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > delphinus delphis (dolphin)

mereswineeOE

delphinc1300

dolphin13..

dolphin-fish1513

dolphinet1595

Delphinusa1672

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 25/1 Bacarius, meresuin.

eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. xl. 334 Nim mere swines fel.

OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 29 Quid capis in mari? Alleces et isicios, delfinos et sturias, [etc.] : hwæt fehst þu on sæ? Hærincgas & leaxas, mereswyn & stirian, [etc.].

c1155 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1555) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Bath & Wells (2007) 147 Æt ælcum were..gebyreð æfre se oðer fisc þam land hlaforde, & ælc seldsynde fisc þe weordlic [read weorðlic] byð, styria & mereswyn, healic oðer sæfisc.

1311 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 106 Item unum mereswyn debet vnum denarium.

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Mere The thride dai mersuine and qualle And oþer gret fises alle Sal yel.

1419 in H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis (1859) I. 343 (MED) Item, de mereswyn, quantum dabit.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 1091 (MED) Grassede as a mereswyne with corkes full huge.

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bvj^v This frith [of Forth] is rycht plentuus of coclis,..pellok, merswyne & quhalis.

1682 in J. Maidment Spottiswoode Misc. (1844) I. 320 In shape lyk to ane fish called a mareswine.

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 49 The bigger [sort] beareth the Name of Dolphin, and our Fishers call them Meer-swines.

1822 T. Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) II. 70 Waugh fixed his eye on an enormous meerswine.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 36 He saw the rocks and tangly meads Whair the big meer-swine mak their beds.

1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 90 Meer-Swine, a porpoise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mereswine
释义	mereswinen. Brit. /ˈmɪəswʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɪrˌswaɪn/, Scottish English /ˈmirswʌin/ Forms: Old English mereswin, Old English–Middle English meresuin, Old English–Middle English mereswyn, Middle English mereswyne, Middle English mersuine, 1500s marswyn, 1900s– meer-swine; Scottish pre-1700 mareswine, pre-1700 mareswyne, pre-1700 meirswine, pre-1700 meirswyne, pre-1700 mereswyne, pre-1700 mersuine, pre-1700 mersuyne, pre-1700 merswine, pre-1700 merswyne, pre-1700 meyrswyne, 1700s–1800s meerswine, 1800s mereswine. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Dutch mereswīn (Middle Dutch maerswijn , meerswijn , merswijn , Dutch meerzwijn ), Middle Low German merswīn , Old High German meriswīn (Middle High German mereswīn , merswīn , German Meerschwein ), Icelandic marsvín , Old Swedish marsvin (Swedish marsvin ), Danish marsvin < the Germanic base of mere n.¹ + the Germanic base of swine n.; compare porpoise n. and discussion at that entry, and also Welsh morwch porpoise, dolphin, seal (c1400; < môr sea (see mere n.¹) + hwch : see swine n.), Old Cornish morhoch , glossing Latin delphinus , and related forms in other Celtic languages. Compare Middle French, French marsouin marsouin n., and post-classical Latin marsuinus (c1100 in a British source), marsum (late 11th cent. in a British source, probably a transmission error for marsuin). Chiefly Scottish in later use. A dolphin; a porpoise. Cf. sea-swine n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Phocaenidae (porpoise) swineeOE mereswineeOE pellock1331 sea-swine1398 porpoisea1425 brownswinec1440 bassinatc1540 pollantine1558 sea-hog1580 hogfish1611 tursion1655 tumbler1694 sea-pig1826 snuffer1829 puffing pig1845 puff-pig1861 puffer1884 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > delphinus delphis (dolphin) mereswineeOE delphinc1300 dolphin13.. dolphin-fish1513 dolphinet1595 Delphinusa1672 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 25/1 Bacarius, meresuin. eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. xl. 334 Nim mere swines fel. OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 29 Quid capis in mari? Alleces et isicios, delfinos et sturias, [etc.] : hwæt fehst þu on sæ? Hærincgas & leaxas, mereswyn & stirian, [etc.]. c1155 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1555) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Bath & Wells (2007) 147 Æt ælcum were..gebyreð æfre se oðer fisc þam land hlaforde, & ælc seldsynde fisc þe weordlic [read weorðlic] byð, styria & mereswyn, healic oðer sæfisc. 1311 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 106 Item unum mereswyn debet vnum denarium. a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Mere The thride dai mersuine and qualle And oþer gret fises alle Sal yel. 1419 in H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis (1859) I. 343 (MED) Item, de mereswyn, quantum dabit. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 1091 (MED) Grassede as a mereswyne with corkes full huge. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bvj^v This frith [of Forth] is rycht plentuus of coclis,..pellok, merswyne & quhalis. 1682 in J. Maidment Spottiswoode Misc. (1844) I. 320 In shape lyk to ane fish called a mareswine. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 49 The bigger [sort] beareth the Name of Dolphin, and our Fishers call them Meer-swines. 1822 T. Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) II. 70 Waugh fixed his eye on an enormous meerswine. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 36 He saw the rocks and tangly meads Whair the big meer-swine mak their beds. 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 90 Meer-Swine, a porpoise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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