sweir

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr (“heavy; grievous; dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /swiər/, /swir/

Adjective

sweir (comparative mair sweir, superlative maist sweir)

  1. heavy; grievous
  2. slothful; lazy
  3. unwilling; disinclined; reluctant; loath
  4. gloomy; oppressive

Quotations
  • 2000, Matthew Fitt, But n Ben A-Go-Go, page 6:
    The flouer's bonniness minded him o cantier times but the rose itsel wis mingin wi sweir connotations.
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Derived terms
  • swerely
  • sweirness
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