swineherd• Before he would do so, how-ever, he dispatched the swineherd to inform Penelope of his return.• Each burgess paid 7d. a year and some service for his croft, men like Lambert the shoemaker and Orderic the swineherd.
Originswineherd
Old Englishswinhyrde, from swin ( → SWINE) + hyrde“herdsman”