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sus2 (s.xiii1)

sus2 (s.xiii1)

 
  FEW:  sus 12,466b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  sus 3335c
ls(loanword: Latin (?))
le

See also suer2 (which derives from the declined form suer-) and sue2 (which derives from Middle English soue (from Old English sugu)). All three lexemes ultimately derive from the same Latin etymon sus.

s.

zool.mammalslivestockfemalesow, female swine
( MS: s.xiii1 ) suilla: sus / ovina: bof  TLL ii 100.69

[gdw]

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