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Dutch
Etymology
From zwoord, a dialectal form of early modern Dutch zwaert, zweerd, from Middle Dutch swaerde (“hairy skin”), from Old Dutch *swarda, from Proto-Germanic *swardō (“overgrown surface”).
Cognate with Zealandic zwirte, Middle Low German swarde, Middle High German swart, German Schwarte, Old Frisian swarde, West Frisian swaard, Old English sweard, English sward, Icelandic svörður.
Pronunciation
Noun
zwoerd n (plural zwoerden, diminutive zwoerdje n)
- pork rind, sward
- Heb je nog wat zwoerd gekocht? ― Did you buy some pork rind?
1849, Schatkamer voor alle Standen, page 95:Wanneer de ham bijna gaar is, probeert men of men er tot aan het zwoerd toe een' stroohalm in kan steken, hetgeen een zeker teeken is dat ze gaar is.- When the ham is almost done, try to see whether you can insert a blade of straw down to the rind, which is a sure sign that the ham has finished cooking.
- (dialectal) sward, greensward
- Tijd om de zwoerd te gaan maaien. ― Time to mow the greensward.
- 1905-1907, Anton Albert Beekman, Het Dijk- en Waterschapsrecht in Nederland vóór 1975, pub. Martinus Nijhoff, page 731.
Zwaard, zwoord is... ook begroeide bovenkorst, zode...- Sword, sward also refers to... the overgrown top layer of earth, a sod of earth...
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