sweer

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr, swār (heavy, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, great, sad, feeling or expressing grief, grave, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent, inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swērijaz (heavy), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (heavy).

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Adjective

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sweer (comparative more sweer, superlative most sweer)

  1. (UK dialectal) Heavy.
  2. (UK dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy.
  3. (UK dialectal) Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch zweren, from Middle Dutch sweren, from Old Dutch *swerien, sweren, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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sweer (present sweer, present participle swerende, past participle gesweer)

  1. to swear

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *sweur, *swēr, from Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.

Noun

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swêer m

  1. male in-law
  2. father-in-law

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian swēr, from Proto-West Germanic *swār. Cognates include West Frisian swier and German schwer.

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Adjective

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sweer (masculine sweren, feminine, plural or definite swere, comparative swarrer, superlative sweerst)

  1. heavy

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “sweer”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scots

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Adjective

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sweer (comparative mair sweer, superlative maist sweer)

  1. Alternative form of sweir