sware
pronunciation
How to pronounce sware in British English:
UK [sweə]
How to pronounce sware in American English:
US [swer]
Word Origin
- sware
- obsolete or archaic past tense of swear (v.), common 15c.-17c. by analogy of past tense of bear (v.).
Example
- 1. And the king sware unto him .
- 2. And david sware moreover , and said , thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes ; and he saith , let not jonathan know this , lest he be grieved : but truly as the lord liveth , and as thy soul liveth , there is but a step between me and death .
- 3. So I sware in my wrath , they shall not enter into my rest .
- 4. And david sware unto saul . And saul went home ; but david and his men gat them up unto the hold .
- 5. Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest .