English Explanatory Dictionary

sweer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Heavy.
  2. Dull; indolent; lazy.
  3. Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.

Pronunciation

/swɪə(ɹ)/

Word forms

sweer more sweer most sweer swear sweir swere

Etymology

From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr, swār (“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 Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swērijaz (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

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