An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

SWERF, s. A swoon.
V. [Swarf].

SWERTHBAK, s. The great black and white gull.
V. [Swartback].
Houlate.

Isl. swartbak-ur, the lesser guillemot.

SWESCH, s. A trumpet.
Stat. Gild.

A. S. sweg, pl. swegas, sound in general, any musical instrument; Moes. G. swiga-jon, to pipe.

SWEUIN, SWEVING, SWEVYNYNG, SWENYNG, s. A dream, the act of dreaming.
Douglas.

A. S. swef-en, Isl. sueffn, id. from swaef-a, dormire.

SWYCHT, adj. Perh. for [wicht], powerful, with s. prefixed.
Barbour.

SWICK, adj. Clear of any thing, Banffs.

Su. G. swig-a, loco cedere.