sware

English

Verb

sware

1. (archaic) simple past of swear
   • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 51–53:

     He shoke downe all the clothys,
     And sware horryble othes
     Before the face of God, […]

   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 338:

     "But if thou wilt follow my counsel, and wilt espouse me, I will save thee; but thou must give unto me thy oath, that thou wilt do it." He replied that he would, and he sware unto her, and gave it unto her in writing.

   • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Song from Maud:

     so I sware to the rose,/"Forever and ever, mine."

Noun

sware (plural swares)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of swear.

Anagrams

• wares, Rawes, sewar, wears, resaw, swear, Wares, sawer

Afrikaans

Adjective

sware

1. attributive form of swaar

Gothic

Romanization

swarē

1. romanization of 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English swaru, from Proto-Germanic *swarō.

Alternative forms

• swore, swar, suare, swere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswaːr(ə)/

Noun

sware

1. A response to a query or questioning; an answer.
2. A statement or remark; something said.
3. The taking of an oath or compact; a promise.
4. (rare) An instance of profanity or swearing.

Related terms

• answere
• swaren

Descendants

• English: sware (obsolete); swear (remodeled on the verb swear)
• Scots: swear (remodeled on the verb sweir)

References

• “swār(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 December 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

sware

1. alternative form of swere

Etymology 3

Noun

sware

1. alternative form of square

Etymology 4

Verb

sware

1. alternative form of swaren

Mpade

Etymology

From Proto-Central Chadic *sɨhʷaniʸ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sware/, [sware]

Noun

sware pl

1. dream

References

• S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)
• R.C. Gravina, The Phonology of Proto-Central Chadic
• S. Allison, Alphabet et Orthographie de Kotoko de Makary (Mpadɨ) (SIL) (in French)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɑ.re/

Noun

sware

1. inflection of swaru:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular