sweer
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sweer (comparative more sweer, superlative most sweer)
- (UK dialectal) Heavy.
- (UK dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy.
- (UK dialectal) Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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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Verb
[edit]sweer (present sweer, present participle swerende, past participle gesweer)
- to swear
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *sweur, *swēr, from Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.
Noun
[edit]swêer m
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
[edit]- “sweer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sweer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
North Frisian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *swarjaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Föhr-Amrum) IPA(key): [sveːɐ̯]
Verb
[edit]sweer
- (Föhr-Amrum) to swear, make an oath
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive I | sweer | |
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infinitive II | (tu) sweeren | |
past participle | swäären | |
imperative singular | sweer | |
imperative plural | sweer’m | |
present | past | |
1st singular | sweer | swäär |
2nd singular | swäärst | swäärst |
3rd singular | swäärt | swäär |
plural | sweer | swäär |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st singular | haa swäären | hed swäären |
2nd singular | heest swäären | hedst swäären |
3rd singular | hee swäären | hed swäären |
plural | haa swäären | hed swäären |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st singular | skal sweer | wal sweer |
2nd singular | skääl sweer | wääl sweer |
3rd singular | skal sweer | wal sweer |
plural | skel sweer | wel sweer |
Saterland Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian swēr, from Proto-West Germanic *swār. Cognates include West Frisian swier and German schwer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sweer (masculine sweren, feminine, plural or definite swere, comparative swarrer, superlative sweerst)
References
[edit]- Marron C. Fort (2015) “sweer”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Scots
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sweer (comparative mair sweer, superlative maist sweer)
- Alternative form of sweir
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