swere
Middle English
/swɛːr/
verb
Definitions
- (alt form) sweren
Etymology
Inherited from Old English swerian (swear, take an oath of office).
Origin
Old English
swerian
Gloss
swear, take an oath of office
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sweer English
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- andswerian Old English
- forswerian Old English
- geswerian Old English
- manswerian Old English
- swerian Old English
- swǣr Old English
- swǣrness Old English
- sweren Middle English
- swernes Middle English
- *swarjan gmw-pro
- *swār gmw-pro
- sweir Scots