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sweer
[ sweer ]
adjective
, Scot. and North England.
- slothful; indolent.
- unwilling; reluctant.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sweer1
before 900; Middle English swer ( e ), Old English swær ( e ) heavy, sluggish; cognate with German schwer
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Example Sentences
"Yes—sweer," the other replied, and strode out of the room amid a roar of derisive laughter at M'Adam's expense.
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Ye've admitted that the half-breeds are baith deid; and John Baptist will sweer that ye had their canoe and Cambon's gun.
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Whatever as thou sayest oi will sweer to; but I would reyther change places.
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We went, said Sweer-to-go, to offer up unto that sanct our vows against the plague.
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In the provincial dialects these words are even now pronounced beer, teer, sweer.
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