swear
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- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈswɛə(ɹ)//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈswɛɚ//
- Australien//ˈsweː//
- Neuseeland//ˈswe̝ə//
- //ˈsweə//
To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
Verb
- 1
To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.
- 2
To take an oath that an assertion is true.
The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.
- 3
To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
I swear I don't know what you're talking about.
My little brother is such a pest, I swear.
The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
- 4
To administer an oath to (a person).
Let the witness be sworn.
- 5
To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.
Herkunft
From Middle English sweren, swerien, from Old English swerian (“to swear, take an oath of office”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarjan, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to speak, swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to swear”). Cognate with West Frisian swarre (“to swear”), Saterland Frisian swera (“to swear”), Dutch zweren (“to swear, vow”), Low German swören (“to swear”), sweren, German schwören (“to swear”), Danish sværge, Swedish svära (“to swear”), Icelandic sverja (“to swear”), Russian свара (svara, “quarrel”). Also cognate to Albanian var (“to hang, consider, to depend from”) through Proto-Indo-European. The original sense in all Germanic languages is “to take an oath”. The sense “to use bad language” developed in Middle English and is based on the Christian prohibition against swearing in general (cf. Matthew 5:33-37) and invoking God’s name in particular (i.e. frequent swearing was considered similar to the use of obscene words).
Substantiv
- 1
A swear word.
You might think it funny to hear this Kanaka girl come out with a big swear. No such thing. There was no swearing in her — no, nor anger; she was beyond anger, and meant the word simple and serious.
[A]ccording to his kind the man would smile cynically, or look sad, or let out a swear or two.
Herkunft
From the above verb, or from Middle English sware, from Old English swaru, from Proto-Germanic *swarō.
Adjektiv
- 1
Heavy.
- 2
Top-heavy; too high.
- 3
Dull; lazy; slow.
Rise up gueedewife, an dinna be sweer, / B'soothan, b'soothan, / An deal yir chirity t' the peer, / An awa b'mony a toon.
- 4
Reluctant; unwilling.
But faith, to glump ye I'd be sweer / I wish ye luck o' this new year
My father will maybe be a wee sweer to take ye in, but ye maun make your way on him the best gate ye can; he has the best stockit pantry on Teviot head, but a bit of a Laidlaw's fault, complaining aye maist when he has least reason.
- 5
Niggardly.
For if my Pen shall turn as Sweir's their Purse / I fear this is the last I'll write in Verse
Herkunft
From Middle English swere, swer, swar, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, heavy as a burden, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, 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 (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with West Frisian swier (“heavy”), Dutch zwaar (“heavy, hard, difficult”), German schwer (“heavy, hard, difficult”), Danish svær (“heavy, hard, severe”), Swedish svår (“heavy, hard, severe”), Latin sērius (“earnest, grave, solemn, serious”) and Albanian varrë (“wound, plague”).
Substantiv
- 1
A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
Verb
- 1
To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.
Formen
- Plural
- swears
- Komparativ
- swearer, more swear
- Superlativ
- swearest, most swear
- Präteritum
- swore, sware, sweared
- Partizip II
- sworn, swore, sweared
- Partizip I
- swearing
- 3. Person Singular
- swears
swear · To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
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