sweora

== Old English == === Alternative forms === swīera, swīra, swūra, swȳra === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *swerhô. Cognate with Old Norse svíra. Probably ultimately related to *sweruz (“pillar, pole, neck”), which see. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswe͜oː.rɑ/ === Noun === swēora m neck late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church (of water) the part where the distance between two shores is the least ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Synonyms ==== heals ==== Derived terms ==== langswēored swēorbēag ==== Descendants ==== English: swire Scots: swire