Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA river, a tributary of the Ure in North Yorkshire, England. · A strait between the Isle of Sheppey and the Kentish mainland; in full, The Swale. · A local government district with borough status in Kent, England, created in 1974 with its headquarters in Sittingbourne and named after the channel.
From Old English *swalwe (“rushing water”), which could be related to swealwe. Also compare the proper noun Swallow.
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- Derivation mention*swalweang · rushing water
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