swan-whiteadj.

Etymology: Compare Middle Low German swanewit, German schwanenweiss, Old Norse svanhvítr (as a proper name).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswan-white.

poetic.

As white as a swan; snow-white.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as other typical things

swan-white1393

paper-whitec1430

ice-white1641

pearl white1779

lint-white1794

wool-white1819

fish belly1878

wax-white1883

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 215 Yf alle þe worlde were whit oþer swan-whit alle þynges.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 Swanquhit of hewis.

a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie ii. xlix To note An old Sir Tame-ass..swan-white to dote On Venus' Dovelings.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 421 Her yellow hair..Comes trinkling down her swan white neck.

1823 in J. Baillie Coll. of Poems 255 Thy swan-white sails exulting spread.

a1900 T. W. Rolleston Dead at Clonmacnois v Many a blue eye of Clan Colman the turf covers, Many a swan-white breast.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	swan-white
释义	swan-whiteadj. Etymology: Compare Middle Low German swanewit, German schwanenweiss, Old Norse svanhvítr (as a proper name).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswan-white. poetic. As white as a swan; snow-white. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as other typical things swan-white1393 paper-whitec1430 ice-white1641 pearl white1779 lint-white1794 wool-white1819 fish belly1878 wax-white1883 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 215 Yf alle þe worlde were whit oþer swan-whit alle þynges. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 Swanquhit of hewis. a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie ii. xlix To note An old Sir Tame-ass..swan-white to dote On Venus' Dovelings. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 421 Her yellow hair..Comes trinkling down her swan white neck. 1823 in J. Baillie Coll. of Poems 255 Thy swan-white sails exulting spread. a1900 T. W. Rolleston Dead at Clonmacnois v Many a blue eye of Clan Colman the turf covers, Many a swan-white breast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1393
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