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Revision as of 20:55, 15 December 2019
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swerhô. Cognate with Old Norse svíra.
Pronunciation
Noun
swēora m
- neck
- c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Hē oft wȳsċte þæt ealle Rōmāne hæfden ǣnne sweoran, þæt hē hraðost forċeorfan meahte.
- He often wished that all of Rome had one neck, so he could cut off all their heads with one blow.
- c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- (of water) the part where the distance between two shores is the least
Declension
Declension of sweora (weak)