sweora
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *swerhô. Cognate with Old Norse svíra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
swēora m
- neck
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Hē oft wȳsċte þæt ealle Rōmāne hæfden ānne swēoran, þæt hē hraðost forċeorfan meahte.
- He often wished that all of Rome had one neck, so he could cut off all their heads with one blow.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- (of water) the part where the distance between two shores is the least
Declension[edit]
Declension of sweora (weak)