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Sware vs Sward - What's the difference?

sware | sward |

As a verb sware

is (archaic) (swear).

As a noun sward is

(lb) a layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod.

sware

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (swear)

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    swear

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sweren, swerien, from (etyl) through Proto-Indo-European.

    Verb

  • To take an oath.
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
  • (lb) To use offensive language.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Usage notes
    * In sense 1, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * swear by * swear like a trooper * swear on a stack of Bibles * swear out * swear to God * swear word

    Etymology 2

    From the above verb, or from (etyl) sware, from (etyl) swaru, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A swearword.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) swer, swar, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Heavy.
  • Top-heavy; too high.
  • Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
  • Niggardly.
  • A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

    • Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs English reporting verbs

    sward

    English

    Alternative forms

    * swarth * swart * swerd

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod.
  • * (1809-1892)
  • *:The sward was trim as any garden lawn.
  • (lb) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
  • *
  • *:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
  • *1890 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), ''(w) Company
  • *:.
  • *1918 , (Booth Tarkington), ''(w) Ambersons
  • *:Only where George stood was there left a sward as of yore; the great, level, green lawn that served for both the Major's house and his daughter's.
  • Skin; covering.
  • :(Halliwell)

    • Synonyms

    * (earth into which grass has grown ): grass, turf, sod * (land covered with grass ): clearing, field, greensward, lawn, meadow, yard

    Derived terms

    * greensward

    Anagrams

    * *

    References