sware

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English

Verb

sware

  1. (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)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of swear

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Adjective

sware

  1. attributive form of swaar

Gothic

Romanization

swarē

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English swaru, from Proto-Germanic *swarō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

sware

  1. A response to a query or questioning; an answer.
  2. A statement or remark; something said.
  3. The taking of an oath or compact; a promise.
  4. (rare) An instance of profanity or swearing.
Descendants
  • English: sware (obsolete); swear (remodeled on the verb swear)
  • Scots: swear (remodeled on the verb sweir)
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Etymology 2

Noun

sware

  1. Alternative form of swere

Etymology 3

Noun

sware

  1. Alternative form of square

Etymology 4

Verb

sware

  1. Alternative form of swaren

Mpade

Etymology

From Proto-Central Chadic *sɨhʷaniʸ.

Noun

sware pl

  1. dream

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