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swǽre

  • adverb
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Grammar
swǽre, swáre; adv.
Grievously, oppressively
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  • Eam ic swǽre geseald ðǽr ic út swícan ne mæg

    traditus sum, et non egrediebar

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      Ps. Th. 87, 8.
  • Se hláford hefig gioc slépte swáre on ða swyran sínra þegena,

      Met. 9, 56.
Etymology
[Ne set me neuer naþing swa swere (sare, Bodl. MS.), Jul. 46, 10. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. swáro graviter.]
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v.  swáre.
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  • swǽre, adv.