sværge
Danish
/svɛrɣə/
verb
Definitions
- to swear take an oath
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish swæriæ inherited from Old Norse sverja (swear) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (swear, speak).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swarjaną
Gloss
swear, speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beswear English
- forswear English
- misswear English
- outswear English
- reswear English
- swear English
- swearable English
- swearer English
- swearest English
- sweareth English
- swearing English
- swearsies English
- swearsome English
- sweary English
- sworn English
- unswear English
- abschwören German
- beschwören German
- einschwören German
- schwören German
- verschwören German
- afzweren Dutch, Flemish
- bezweren Dutch, Flemish
- samenzweren Dutch, Flemish
- zweren Dutch, Flemish
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- sverge Norwegian Bokmål
- *swaranaz Proto-Germanic
- *swarjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swōraz Proto-Germanic
- svära Swedish
- sverja Norwegian Nynorsk
- sweren Middle English
- svar Old Norse
- sverja Old Norse
- sammen Danish
- sammensværgelse Danish
- sammensværgelsesteori Danish
- sverja Icelandic
- sweren Middle Dutch
- swēren Middle Dutch
- sweren Old High German
- sweer Afrikaans
- svørja Faroese
- swern Middle High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *swarjan gmw-pro
- *swerien Old Dutch
- sværia Old Swedish
- sväri Westrobothnian
- swæriæ Old Danish
- sweri Sranan Tongo