sware
EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
sware
- (archaic) simple past tense of swear
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, OCLC 8728872, lines 51–53, page 63:
- He shoke downe all the clothys,
And sware horryble othes
Before the face of God, […]
NounEdit
sware (plural swares)
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sware
- attributive form of swaar
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
swarē
- Romanization of 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English swaru, from Proto-Germanic *swarō.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- English: sware (obsolete); swear (remodeled on the verb swear)
- Scots: swear (remodeled on the verb sweir)
ReferencesEdit
- “swār(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-05.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
sware
- Alternative form of swere
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
sware
- Alternative form of square
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
sware
- Alternative form of swaren