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sweer
[ sweer ]
/ swɪər /
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adjective Scot. and North England.
slothful; indolent.
unwilling; reluctant.
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Origin of sweer
before 900; Middle English swer(e), Old English swær(e) heavy, sluggish; cognate with German schwer
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