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Middle English
Adjective
sweart
- Alternative form of swart
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *swordos (“dirty, dark, black”).
Cognate with Old Frisian swart, Old Saxon swart, Old Dutch swart, Old High German swarz, Old Norse svartr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sweart (superlative sweartest or sweartost)
- black
- Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.- ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.
Declension
Declension of sweart — Strong
Declension of sweart — Weak
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