A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[III.] = swōr pret. of [swerian].

[ swēora] (ī, īo, ū, ȳ) m. neck, nape, AO, CP. [ON. svīre]

[ swēorbān] n. neck-bone, neck.

[ swēorbēag] (u) m. neck-band, necklace, collar, torque, Æ.

[ ±sweorc] (o) n. cloud, darkness, mist.

[ ±sweorcan³] to grow dark, darken (intr.), become overcast, be obscured: be troubled, sad, become grievous, troublesome, angry, ÆL: fall out (of mind), JPs 30¹³.

[ sweorcendferhð] sombre, sad, Jud 269.

[ ±sweorcenes] (o, cn) f. gloom.

[ swēorclāð] m. neckcloth, WW 210³⁶.

[ swēorcops] m. yoke, pillory, Gl.