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{{also|Swire}}
==English==
==English==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|swire}}, from {{inh|en|ang|swēora}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swerhô}}.
Old English ''[[sweora|swēora]]'', from Germanic.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/swaɪə/}}
* {{IPA|en|/swaɪə/}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} The [[neck]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[neck]].
# A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a [[vale]].
# A [[hollow]] between two [[hill]]s or [[peak]]s, especially with a road running through it; a [[vale]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1824|author=w:James Hogg|title=The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner|page=33|publisher=Oxford|year_published=2010
|passage=As he approached the '''swire''' at the head of the dell {{...}}, he beheld, to his astonishment, a bright halo in the cloud of haze, that rose in a semi-circle over his head like a pale rainbow.}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eirsw|Rewis|Wires|Wiser|weirs|wiers|wires|wiser|wries}}
* [[weirs#English|weirs]]
* [[wires#English|wires]]
* [[wiser#English|wiser]]
* [[wries#English|wries]]

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==Scots==
==Scots==
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|ang|sco}} {{m|ang|swēora}} (Northumbrian {{m|ang|swīra}}), or the cognate {{etyl|non|sco}} {{term|svíra|lang=non}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|sco}}.
From {{inh|sco|ang|swēora}} (Northumbrian {{m|ang|swīra}}), or the cognate {{der|sco|non|svíra}}, from {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*swerhô}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/swəi(ə)r/|lang=sco}}
* {{IPA|sco|/swəi(ə)r/}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{sco-noun}}
{{sco-noun}}


# {{context|obsolete|lang=sco}} [[neck]]
# {{lb|sco|obsolete}} [[neck]]
# {{context|geography|lang=sco}}[[vale]], [[#English|swire]], [[valley]]
# {{lb|sco|geography}} [[vale]], [[#English|swire]], [[valley]]

[[mg:swire]]
[[ml:swire]]
[[ja:swire]]
[[ru:swire]]

Latest revision as of 10:34, 31 August 2023

See also: Swire

Englisch

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Etymology

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From Middle English swire, from Old English swēora, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

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swire (plural swires)

  1. (obsolete) The neck.
  2. A hollow between two hills oder peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.
    • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 33:
      As he approached the swire at the head of the dell […] , he beheld, to his astonishment, a bright halo in the cloud of haze, that rose in a semi-circle over his head like a pale rainbow.

Anagrams

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English swēora (Northumbrian swīra), or the cognate Old Norse svíra, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

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swire (plural swires)

  1. (obsolete) neck
  2. (geography) vale, swire, valley
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