swern

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Middle English

Verb

swern

  1. Alternative form of sweren

Middle High German

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old High German swerien, sweren, from Proto-West Germanic *swarjan, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

swern (class 6 strong, third-person singular present swert, past tense swuor, past participle gesworn, past subjunctive swüer, auxiliary hān)

  1. to swear
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Alemannic German: schwere
  • German: schwören
  • Luxembourgish: schwieren

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swern”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old High German sweran, from Proto-Germanic *sweraną.

Pronunciation

Verb

swern (class 4 strong, third-person singular present swirt, past tense swar, past participle gesworn, past subjunctive swær, auxiliary hān)

  1. to hurt
    Manec dorn schœne bluomen birt, des stechen doch vil sêre swirt.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to be inflamed, to swell, fester
Conjugation
Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swern”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel