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Definitions and meaning of swear

swear

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /swɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /swɛɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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).

Verb

swear (third-person singular simple present swears, present participle swearing, simple past swore or (archaic) sware, past participle sworn or (nonstandard) swore)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.

   Synonyms: pledge, vow

2. (transitive) To take an oath that an assertion is true.

   Synonyms: depose, affirm, testify

3. (transitive) To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
4. (transitive) To administer an oath to (a person).

5. (transitive, intransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.

   Synonyms: curse, execrate, turn the air blue; see also Thesaurus:swear

Usage notes

• In sense 1, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From the above verb, or from Middle English sware, from Old English swaru, from Proto-Germanic *swarō.

Noun

swear (plural swears)

1. A swear word.

   Synonyms: curse, expletive, four-letter word; see also Thesaurus:swear word

Derived terms

Etymology 3

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”), Swedish svår (“heavy, hard, severe”), Latin sērius (“earnest, grave, solemn, serious”) and Albanian varrë (“wound, plague”).

Alternative forms

• sweer, sweir, swere

Adjective

swear (comparative swearer or more swear, superlative swearest or most swear)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) Heavy.

   Synonyms: massive, massy, weighty

2. (Northern England, Scotland) Top-heavy; too high.

   Synonym: overbalanced

3. (Northern England, Scotland) Dull; lazy; slow.

   Synonyms: idle, work-shy; see also Thesaurus:lazy
4. (Northern England, Scotland) Reluctant; unwilling.

   Synonyms: disinclined, loath
5. (Northern England, Scotland) Niggardly.

   Synonyms: miserly, penurious; see also Thesaurus:stingy

Derived terms

Noun

swear (plural swears)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.

   Synonyms: nap, undermeal

Verb

swear (third-person singular simple present swears, present participle swearing, simple past and past participle sweared)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

   Synonyms: laze about, loaf, take it easy

References

• “swear”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 874

Anagrams

• resaw, sawer, sware, wares, wears

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swihaniz, plural of *swihô, of further unknown origin. Cognate with Latin Suiones, Gothic suehans.

Noun

swear m

1. the Swedes (of Sweden proper)

Declension