Definitions For Sweer

Adjective

(UK, _, dialectal) heavy, heavy. (UK, _, dialectal) dull, dull; indolent; lazy. (UK, _, dialectal) reluctant, reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, swear#Etymology_3, sweir, swere}}

Etymology

From Middle English swere, sware, from {{inh, en, ang, swǣr}}, swār, t=heavy, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, great, sad, feeling or expressing grief, grave, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent, inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, swār}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *swēraz}}, *swērijaz, t=heavy, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *swer-, t=heavy}}.

Anagrams

Ewers, Weser, ewers, re-sew, resew, sewer, weres