sweir

Scots

Alternative forms

• sweer, swere

Etymology

From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr (“heavy; grievous; dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swiər/, /swir/

Adjective

sweir (comparative mair sweir, superlative maist sweir)

1. heavy; grievous
2. slothful; lazy
3. unwilling; disinclined; reluctant; loath
4. gloomy; oppressive

Quotations

• 2000, Matthew Fitt, But n Ben A-Go-Go, page 6:

  The flouer's bonniness minded him o cantier times but the rose itsel wis mingin wi sweir connotations.

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Derived terms

• swerely
• sweirness

Related terms

• sweirt