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Swan-white. World English Historical Dictionary

Swan-white. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1919, rev. 2024. Swan-white a. poet. [Cf. MLG. swanewit, G. schwanenweiss, ON. svanhvítr (as a proper name).] As white as a swan; snow-white.

1 1393.  Langl., P. Pl., C. XXI. 215. Yf alle þe worlde were whit oþer swan-whit alle þynges.

2 1508.  Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 243. Swan-quhit of hewis.

3 a. 1618.  Sylvester, Mem. Mortalitie, II. xlix. To note An old Sir Tame-ass … swan-white to dote On Venus’ Dovelings.

4 1794.  Burns, O Mally’s Meek, iii. Her yellow hair … Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck.

5 1823.  Joanna Baillie, Poems, Ship’s Return, i. Thy swan-white sails exulting spread.

6 a. 1900.  T. W. Rolleston, The Dead at Clonmacnois, v. Many a blue eye of Clan Colman the turf covers, Many a swan-white breast.

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