sweir

¹

/ swiːr /

adjective

1. lazy
2. loath; disinclined

sweir

²

/ swiːr /

verb

1. a Scot word for swear

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweir¹

Old English

Example Sentences

The Papists raged against the Governor and against the Lords that consented, and abode sweir at the contract.

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I winna gar ye sweir, for I wad lippen to yer aith no a hair.

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Deferred hopes need not make me dead-sweir (as we used to say): my cross is both my cross and my reward.

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And'—the rest was spoken in a whisper—'I'll sweir to ye, Meggie, the weyver body sanna hae ae drap o' 't.'

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