Swede

//swiːd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable. British
  2. 2
    A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
  3. 3
    the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food wordnet
  4. 4
    The plant from which this is obtained.
  5. 5
    A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden historical
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  1. 6
    a native or inhabitant of Sweden wordnet
  2. 7
    The turnip. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
  3. 8
    a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root wordnet
  4. 9
    The head. UK, slang

    "Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede."

Verb
  1. 1
    To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.

    "Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.

Etymology 2

Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.

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