swern

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Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

swern

  1. Alternative form of sweren

Middle High German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old High German swerien, sweren, from Proto-West Germanic *swarjan, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

swern (class 6 strong, third-person singular present swert, past tense swuor, past participle gesworn, past subjunctive swüer, auxiliary hân)

  1. to swear
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Alemannic German: schwere
  • German: schwören
  • Luxembourgish: schwieren

References[edit]

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swern”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old High German sweran, from Proto-Germanic *sweraną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

swern (class 4 strong, third-person singular present swirt, past tense swar, past participle gesworn, past subjunctive swær, auxiliary hân)

  1. to hurt
    Manec dorn schœne bluomen birt, des stechen doch vil sêre swirt.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to be inflamed, to swell, fester
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swern”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[2], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel