Swineshead

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专有名词
  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).

词源

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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