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Middle English
Adjective
swær
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of swere
Old English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
swǣr (comparative swǣrra, superlative swǣrost)
- heavy
- oppressive, grievous
- sad
- (said of physical or mental activities) lazy, indolent, slow
Declension
Declension of swǣr — Strong
Declension of swǣr — Weak
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
swǣr n
- a burden, labour, trouble, grief
References
- (adjective) Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (adjective) Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (noun) Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.