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Old English · adjective

sweart

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/swæ͜ɑrt/
[swæ͜ɑrˠt]
Syllables
swæ͜ɑrt (1 syllable)
Modern English
swartswarthblack

Meaning

  1. black

    ...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.

    ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.

    Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

Declension

Strong declension of sweart
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sweartsweartsweart
Accusative sweartnesweartesweart
Genitive sweartessweartresweartes
Dative sweartumsweartresweartum
Instrumental sweartesweartreswearte
Plural
Nominative sweartesweartasweartesweart
Accusative sweartesweartasweartesweart
Genitive sweartrasweartrasweartra
Dative sweartumsweartumsweartum
Instrumental sweartumsweartumsweartum
Weak declension of sweart
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sweartaswearteswearte
Accusative sweartansweartanswearte
Genitive sweartansweartansweartan
Dative sweartansweartansweartan
Instrumental sweartansweartansweartan
Plural
Nominative sweartansweartansweartan
Accusative sweartansweartansweartan
Genitive sweartrasweartenasweartrasweartenasweartrasweartena
Dative sweartumsweartumsweartum
Instrumental sweartumsweartumsweartum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black”). Cognate with Old Frisian swart, Old Saxon swart, Old Dutch swart, Old High German swarz, Old Norse svartr.

Descendants

swart, swarth

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