swær

swær

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of swere

• swār

From Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz.

Cognate with Old Frisian swere (West Frisian swier), Old Saxon swār, Middle Dutch swaer (Dutch zwaar), Old High German swāri (German schwer), Old Norse svárr (Swedish svår). The noun appears to derive from the adjective.

• IPA^(key): /swæːr/

swǣr (comparative swǣrra, superlative swǣrost)

1. heavy
2. oppressive, grievous
3. sad
4. (said of physical or mental activities) lazy, indolent, slow

• *swārcian

• āswārcian
• *swārcmōd
• swārcmōdnes

• Middle English: swere, swær, swar, sware, swer, suere
  • English: sweer, swear, sweir, swere
  • Scots: sweir, sweer, swere

swǣr n

1. a burden, labour, trouble, grief

• (adjective) Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• (adjective) Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• (noun) Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.