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ge-swerian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-swerian, ic -swerige, -swerge; p. -swór, -sweór, pl. -swóron; pp. -sworen [swerian to swear]
To swear, take an oath; jūrāre
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  • Ic ðæt geswerige þurh sunu Meotudes

    this I swear by the son of the Creator,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1368; El. 686.
  • Ic geswerge

    I swear,

      Exon. 67 a; Th. 247, 17; Jul. 80.
  • Swá ic geswór wið Drihten

    sīcut jūrāvit Domĭno,

      Ps. Th. 131, 2.
  • Ðú geswóre Apollonio

    thou didst swear to Apollonius,

      Apol. Th. 23, 5.
  • He befóran his fæder gesweór, ðæt he nǽfre ne wurde Rómána freónd

    he swore before his father that he would never become a friend of the Romans,

      Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 25.
  • Him betweonum geswóran

    they took an oath among themselves,

      1, 11; Bos. 34, 37: 1, 14; Bos. 37, 16.
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  • ge-swerian, v.