Obsolete spelling of swear

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of swear (“take an oath”) / simple past tense and past participle of swear (“British dialects: be lazy”)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sweare

A swear word.

(Northern England, Scotland) Heavy. / (Northern England, Scotland) Top-heavy; too high. / (Northern England, Scotland) Dull; lazy; slow. / (Northern England, Scotland) Reluctant; unwilling.

(transitive, intransitive) To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect. / (transitive) To take an oath that an assertion is true.

(Northern England, Scotland) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

(Northern England, Scotland) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.

The act of swearing, or making an oath.

plural of swear