sweir
1 Britishadjective
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lazy
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loath; disinclined
verb
Etymology
Origin of sweir
Old English
Example Sentences
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An' gin ye gang benn the hoose aboot it, I sweir to ye, as sure 's death, I'll gang doon to Muckledrum upo' Setterday i' the efternune.'
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
"Wad ye daur to sweir afore a leddy?" she exclaimed, shaking her uplifted hands in pretence of ghasted astonishment.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various
"I dinna doobt ye wad sweir; but what neist?" said Janet.
From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
I sweir I'll lie i' the street gin ye dinna lat me.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
“Wald scho put on this garmond gay, I duret sweir by my seill, That scho woir nevir grene nor gray That set hir half so weill.”
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
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