sweir
Scots
Alternative forms
- sweer, swere
Etymology
From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr (“heavy; grievous; dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swiər/, /swir/
Adjective
sweir (comparative mair sweir, superlative maist sweir)
- heavy; grievous
- slothful; lazy
- unwilling; disinclined; reluctant; loath
- gloomy; oppressive
Quotations
- 2000, Matthew Fitt, But n Ben A-Go-Go, page 6:
- The flouer's bonniness minded him o cantier times but the rose itsel wis mingin wi sweir connotations.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Derived terms
- swerely
- sweirness
Related terms
- sweirt