sware
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Verb
sware
- (archaic) simple past of swear
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 51–53:
- He shoke downe all the clothys,
And sware horryble othes
Before the face of God, […]
- 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Song from Maud:
- so I sware to the rose,/"Forever and ever, mine."
Noun
sware (plural swares)
Anagrams
Adjective
sware
- attributive form of swaar
Romanization
swarē
- Romanization of 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴
Etymology 1
From Old English swaru, from Proto-Germanic *swarō.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
sware
- A response to a query or questioning; an answer.
- A statement or remark; something said.
- The taking of an oath or compact; a promise.
- (rare) An instance of profanity or swearing.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “swār(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-05.
Etymology 2
Noun
sware
- Alternative form of swere
Etymology 3
Noun
sware
- Alternative form of square
Etymology 4
Verb
sware
- Alternative form of swaren
Etymology
From Proto-Central Chadic *sɨhʷaniʸ.
Noun
sware pl
References
- S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)
- R.C. Gravina, The Phonology of Proto-Central Chadic
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