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{{also|Swire}} |
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==English== |
==English== |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{inh|en|enm|swire}}, from {{inh|en|ang|swēora}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swerhô}}. |
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Old English ''[[sweora|swēora]]'', from Germanic. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|/swaɪə/}} |
* {{IPA|en|/swaɪə/}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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{{en-noun}} |
{{en-noun}} |
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# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[neck]]. |
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# A hollow between two |
# A [[hollow]] between two [[hill]]s or [[peak]]s, especially with a road running through it; a [[vale]]. |
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#* {{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 |
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|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.}} |
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===Anagrams=== |
===Anagrams=== |
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* {{anagrams|en|a=eirsw|Rewis|Wires|Wiser|weirs|wiers|wires|wiser|wries}} |
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* [[weirs#English|weirs]] |
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* [[wires#English|wires]] |
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* [[wiser#English|wiser]] |
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* [[wries#English|wries]] |
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==Scots== |
==Scots== |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{ |
From {{inh|sco|ang|swēora}} (Northumbrian {{m|ang|swīra}}), or the cognate {{der|sco|non|svíra}}, from {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*swerhô}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|/swəi(ə)r/ |
* {{IPA|sco|/swəi(ə)r/}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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{{sco-noun}} |
{{sco-noun}} |
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# {{ |
# {{lb|sco|obsolete}} [[neck]] |
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# {{ |
# {{lb|sco|geography}} [[vale]], [[#English|swire]], [[valley]] |
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[[mg:swire]] |
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[[ml:swire]] |
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[[ru:swire]] |
Latest revision as of 10:34, 31 August 2023
See also: Swire
Englisch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English swire, from Old English swēora, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Nomen
[edit]swire (plural swires)
- (obsolete) The neck.
- 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
[edit]Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English swēora (Northumbrian swīra), or the cognate Old Norse svíra, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Nomen
[edit]swire (plural swires)
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