sweer

"Yes—sweer," the other replied, and strode out of the room amid a roar of derisive laughter at M'Adam's expense.
Bob, Son of Battle|Alfred Ollivant
Ye've admitted that the half-breeds are baith deid; and John Baptist will sweer that ye had their canoe and Cambon's gun.
Stranded in Arcady|Francis Lynde
Whatever as thou sayest oi will sweer to; but I would reyther change places.
Through the Fray|G. A. Henty
We went, said Sweer-to-go, to offer up unto that sanct our vows against the plague.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais

In the provincial dialects these words are even now pronounced beer, teer, sweer.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for sweer

sweer

/ (swiːr) /

verb

Scot a variant spelling of sweir 1, sweir 2

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