swire
Englisch
Etymology
Old English swēora, from Germanic.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /swaɪə/
Nomen
swire (plural swires)
- (obsolete) The neck.
- A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 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.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 33:
Anagrams
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English swēora (Northumbrian swīra), or the cognate Old Norse svíra, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /swəi(ə)r/
Nomen
swire (plural swires)
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