swer
Middle English
Etymology 1
From sure (“noun”).
Verb
swer
- alternative form of suren
Etymology 2
From Old English swǣr, swār.
Noun
swer
- alternative form of swere
Middle Low German
Noun
swer f or n
- heaviness, complaint, grief, sorrow (also swēre)
- weight, mass, thickness (also swāre)
- affliction, effort, trouble; physical pain
Noun
swer m
- double-sided thick penny, low-value hollow coin. Unless otherwise specified usually refers to the copper coin (brēmære swāre) first minted in Münster and found in other cities from the end of the 14th century.
Declension
genitive singular swāren, genitive plural swāren, nominative plural swāren
Adjective
swer
- heavy, having weight, burdensome, important, influential, troublesome, difficult, harsh, severe, melancholy, sorrowful, oppressive, agonizing, unpleasant, precarious, etc.
Alternative forms
Pronoun
swer
- Alternative or inflected form of swe.
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Old English
Noun
swer m or f
- alternative form of sweor