swīn-hirde

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swīn-hirde, m.n: a swine-herd. (“sween-hear-deh”)

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Men beating down acorns to feed their pigs in the Queen Mary Psalter (1310-1320). British Library, Royal MS 2 B VII, fol. 81v. [bl.uk]

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