sweer
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Etymology edit
From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, great, sad, feeling or expressing grief, grave, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent, inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swērijaz (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).
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Adjective edit
sweer (comparative more sweer, superlative most sweer)
- (UK dialectal) Heavy.
- (UK dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy.
- (UK dialectal) Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.
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Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch zweren, from Middle Dutch sweren, from Old Dutch *swerien, sweren, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-.
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Verb edit
sweer (present sweer, present participle swerende, past participle gesweer)
- to swear
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *sweur, *swēr, from Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.
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swêer m
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Further reading edit
- “sweer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sweer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian swēr, from Proto-West Germanic *swār. Cognates include West Frisian swier and German schwer.
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sweer (masculine sweren, feminine, plural or definite swere, comparative swarrer, superlative sweerst)
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Scots edit
Adjective edit
sweer (comparative mair sweer, superlative maist sweer)
- Alternative form of sweir