英和和英

語源

From Proto-Germanic *swerhô. Cognate with Old Norse svíra. Probably ultimately related to *sweruz (“pillar, pole, neck”), which see.

発音

• IPA: /ˈswe͜oː.rɑ/

名詞

swēora m

1. neck
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

     Hē oft wȳsċte þæt ealle Rōmāne hæfden ānne swēoran, þæt hē hraðost forċeorfan meahte.

     He often wished that all of Rome had one neck, so he could cut off all their heads with one blow.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.

     A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.

2. (of water) the part where the distance between two shores is the least

語形変化

Weak:

同意語

• heals

派生語

• langswēored
• swēorbēag

派生した語

• English: swire
• Scots: swire