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ˈsweerness Sc. and north. dial.
[OE. swǽrnes = MLG. swêr-, swârnisse: see sweer a. and -ness.]
1. Indolence, laziness, sloth.
c888ælfred Boeth. xxxv. §1 Þeah sio swærnes ðæs lichoman & þa unþeawas oft abiseᵹien þæt mod mid oferᵹiotulnesse. a1300Cursor M. 28370 My suernes me has don for⁓gette. c1400Apol. Loll. (Camden) 107 Superfluite, glotany, and lust, and swernes. 1456Sir G. Hay Bk. Knighthood Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 59 Suerenes is a vice quhilk makis a man to hate all gudelynes and to lufe all viciousnes. 1533Gau Richt Vay 20 Sweirnes is aganis the thrid command. 1595Duncan App. Etym. (E.D.S.), Segnities,..sweirnes; desidia. 1676Row Contn. Blair's Autobiogr. ix. (1848) 129 Checking himself for swearness, laziness, and loving of his bed too well.
2. Unwillingness, disinclination (to do something).
1533Bellenden Livy v. xxiv. (S.T.S.) II. 231 For swernes þat ȝe haue to big, ȝe ar reddy to suffer all þir schamefull..dammaigis. 1659Melrose Regality Records (S.H.S. 1914) I. 218 [He] burstit [a mare]..puting and binding three harrowes togither for hes sueirnes to lift the ane at the land end. |