swær
Middle English
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz.
Cognate with Old Frisian swere (West Frisian swier), Old Saxon swār, Middle Dutch swaer (Dutch zwaar), Old High German swāri (German schwer), Old Norse svárr (Swedish svår). The noun appears to derive from the adjective.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swæːr/
Adjective
swǣr
Declension
Declension of swǣr — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | swǣr | swǣr | swǣr |
| Accusative | swǣrne | swǣre | swǣr |
| Genitive | swǣres | swǣrre | swǣres |
| Dative | swǣrum | swǣrre | swǣrum |
| Instrumental | swǣre | swǣrre | swǣre |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | swǣre | swǣra, swǣre | swǣr |
| Accusative | swǣre | swǣra, swǣre | swǣr |
| Genitive | swǣrra | swǣrra | swǣrra |
| Dative | swǣrum | swǣrum | swǣrum |
| Instrumental | swǣrum | swǣrum | swǣrum |
Declension of swǣr — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | swǣra | swǣre | swǣre |
| Accusative | swǣran | swǣran | swǣre |
| Genitive | swǣran | swǣran | swǣran |
| Dative | swǣran | swǣran | swǣran |
| Instrumental | swǣran | swǣran | swǣran |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | swǣran | swǣran | swǣran |
| Accusative | swǣran | swǣran | swǣran |
| Genitive | swǣrra, swǣrena | swǣrra, swǣrena | swǣrra, swǣrena |
| Dative | swǣrum | swǣrum | swǣrum |
| Instrumental | swǣrum | swǣrum | swǣrum |
Derived terms
Related terms
- āswārcian
- *swārcmōd
- swārcmōdnes
Descendants
References
- (adjective) Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (adjective) Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (noun) Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swǽr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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