sware

== English == === Verb === sware (archaic) simple past of swear === Noun === sware (plural swares) (obsolete) Alternative form of swear. === Anagrams === wares, Rawes, sewar, wears, resaw, swear, Wares, sawer == Afrikaans == === Adjective === sware attributive form of swaar == Gothic == === Romanization === swarē romanization of 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English swaru, from Proto-Germanic *swarō. ==== Alternative forms ==== swore, swar, suare, swere ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈswaːr(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== sware A response to a query or questioning; an answer. A statement or remark; something said. The taking of an oath or compact; a promise. (rare) An instance of profanity or swearing. ===== Related terms ===== answere swaren ===== Descendants ===== English: sware (obsolete); swear (remodeled on the verb swear) Scots: swear (remodeled on the verb sweir) ===== References ===== “swār(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 December 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== sware alternative form of swere === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== sware alternative form of square === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== sware alternative form of swaren == Mpade == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Chadic *sɨhʷaniʸ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sware/, [sware] === Noun === sware pl dream === References === S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL) R.C. Gravina, The Phonology of Proto-Central Chadic S. Allison, Alphabet et Orthographie de Kotoko de Makary (Mpadɨ) (SIL) (in French) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswɑ.re/ === Noun === sware inflection of swaru: nominative plural accusative singular/plural genitive/dative singular