swiren.

/swʌɪə/

Forms: α. Old English sweora, Middle English sweor, Middle English swore, Middle English sweore; Middle English suere, Middle English swere, (Middle English zuere), Middle English–1500s sweere. β. Old English swiora, swyra, swira, suira, swura, Middle English swiere, Middle English swure, (Middle English suire, suyre, swyer), Middle English–1500s swyr, (Middle English squyre, 1500s swyir, 1600s suir), Middle English–1800s swyre, Middle English– swire. γ. Chiefly ScottishMiddle English–1500s swar, Middle English–1500s, 1800s sware, 1500s, 1700s–1800s swair, (1800s squair).

Etymology: Old English swéora, swíora, Northumbrian and late West Saxon swíra, late West Saxon swýra, swúra weak masculine < Germanic *swerhan-, related to Old Norse svíri neck, beak of a ship, local name of a neck-shaped ridge in Iceland < *swerhjan-; ulterior relations uncertain. It is not certain whether the forms swar(e , swair , which are chiefly Scottish, have arisen from false analogy (compare, e.g., quair , quere , quire n., and sware, swere, swire), or through exigency of rhyme.

†1. The neck. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun]

swirec888

neckeOE

halseOE

hattrelc1330

cannelc1400

channelc1425

crag1488

kennel?1533

pile1584

neck-piece1605

neck parta1627

nub1673

cervix1741

squeeze1819

scrag1829

α., β.

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xix. §1 Þæt ge underlutan mid eowrum swiran þet deaðlice geoc.

a900 Lorica Gloss. 21 in Old Eng. Texts 172 Cladam, swiran [altered to swioran later].

971 Blickl. Hom. 223 Þa he þa Sanctus Martinus þæt geseah, þa dyde he sona þæt hrægl of his sweoran.

971 Blickl. Hom. 241 Gif eow swa licige uton sendon rap on his swyran.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 157/38 Collum, sweora uel swura.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 Þenne ualleð he þer inne þet him brekeð þe sweore.

c1200 Moral Ode 146 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 224 Swines brade is wel swete swo is of wilde diere Ac al to dire he hit abuið þe ȝiefð þar-fore his swiere [earlier version dore, swore].

a1225 Leg. Kath. 2233 Streche forð þine swire scharp sweord to underfonne.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2002 Heo cærf him þene swure [c1300 Otho swere] a-twa.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5028 Ely..fyl bakward of hys chayre, And brak on two hys swyer.

13.. K. Alis. (Laud) 1938 Vp he dresseþ heued & swire And gynneþ speke on þis maner.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3643 Ys scheld þan heng he aboute ys swyre, And forþ he prykede with gret yre.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 30 Sche aboute hire whyte swere It dede, and hyng hirselven there.

a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 134 Mi mouþ I pulte, my sweore I streiȝt To cusse his feet.

c1400 Melayne 36 Ladyes swete of Swyre.

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 1175 She leid hir arme about his swere, She kyssed him with hertie chere.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 316 Vpon the hede he straik with so gret Ire, Throu bayne and brayn in sondir schar the swyr.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 280 in Shorter Poems (1967) 26 Vp be the swyre [1579 Edinb. swire] My self I hangit.

?a1600 Marr. Sir Gawain ii. 58 in Percy's Reliques (1857) 388 Sir Kay beheld that lady's face And looked upon her sweere.

γ. c1440 Bone Flor. 441 But yf he to hym hys doghtur geve, That ys so swete of sware [rhymes fare, thare, mare].1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi Mony sweit thing of sware swownit full oft.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. ii. 37 That lillie quhite of [1553 erron. as] swair.a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 171 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Swannis suowchand full swyth swetest of sware [rhymes blythar, war, ar].?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 214 in Shorter Poems (1967) 22 A quene, as lylly swete of sware [1579 Edinb. swair].

2. A hollow near the summit of a mountain or hill; a gentle depression between two hills. local (occurs in several place-names in Scotland and the north of England).Old English gesweoru translates Latin colles in Ags. Psalter (ed. Thorpe). Old English sweoru is used also = neck of water or strait, Latin fretum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > on or among hills

saddleOE

swirec1050

pocket1745

lap1747

rock basin1754

niche1756

sliddera1793

corrie1795

cove1805

slot1808

bay1853

punchbowl1855

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 427/13 Iuga, duna swioran.

c1216 Newminster Cartul. (1878) 77 Ad crucem positam super le Swire de Fastside.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 13 Fra redis swyr till orkynnay.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 55 The soft sowch of the swyr and sovne of the stremys.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 50 Lo! ther the rais, rynning swyft as fyre, Drevin from the hychtis brekkis out at the swyre.

1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 350 He raid throw montanes mony, mose, and myre..Then wes he worsland our ane wondie swyre.

a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. D3^v Little kens the wife that sits by the fire, how the winde blowes cold in hurle burle swyre.

1790 A. Tait in Contemp. Burns (1844) 144 Then from Dewar's Swair I tripped on my shanks.

1820 W. Chambers Life Bl. Dwarf (1885) 1 A gentle rising hill to the south-west, called Manor Swire.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Swire, the hollow or declination of a mountain or hill, near the summit... The lower neck which connects the higher eminences in a chain of hills.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations. † swire-bone n. Obsolete = neck-bone n.† swireforth adv. Obsolete neck forward, headlong.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > neck bone > [noun]

swire-bonec825

neckc1275

cannel-bonea1325

neck-bonec1330

nuke-bone1562

halse-bone1794

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > headlong

swireforthc825

a-randounc1380

headlya1425

headlongsc1540

eavelong1567

headlong1576

rank1590

headlongly1595

precipitously1626

neck-break1631

precipitantly1656

precipitately1728

precipitatedly1770

torrentially1882

slap-dab1886

c825 Vesp. Hymns vi. 28 in O.E.T. 408 Usque ad cervices, oð swirban.

c1230 Hali Meid. 23 Leste hwase leope..& driue adun swireuorð, wiðuten ikepunge, deope into helle.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 2959 The swyers swyre-bane he swappes in sondyre!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	swire
释义	swiren. /swʌɪə/ Forms: α. Old English sweora, Middle English sweor, Middle English swore, Middle English sweore; Middle English suere, Middle English swere, (Middle English zuere), Middle English–1500s sweere. β. Old English swiora, swyra, swira, suira, swura, Middle English swiere, Middle English swure, (Middle English suire, suyre, swyer), Middle English–1500s swyr, (Middle English squyre, 1500s swyir, 1600s suir), Middle English–1800s swyre, Middle English– swire. γ. Chiefly ScottishMiddle English–1500s swar, Middle English–1500s, 1800s sware, 1500s, 1700s–1800s swair, (1800s squair). Etymology: Old English swéora, swíora, Northumbrian and late West Saxon swíra, late West Saxon swýra, swúra weak masculine < Germanic swerhan-, related to Old Norse svíri* neck, beak of a ship, local name of a neck-shaped ridge in Iceland < swerhjan-; ulterior relations uncertain. It is not certain whether the forms swar(e* , swair , which are chiefly Scottish, have arisen from false analogy (compare, e.g., quair , quere , quire n., and sware, swere, swire), or through exigency of rhyme. †1. The neck. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] swirec888 neckeOE halseOE hattrelc1330 cannelc1400 channelc1425 crag1488 kennel?1533 pile1584 neck-piece1605 neck parta1627 nub1673 cervix1741 squeeze1819 scrag1829 α., β. c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xix. §1 Þæt ge underlutan mid eowrum swiran þet deaðlice geoc. a900 Lorica Gloss. 21 in Old Eng. Texts 172 Cladam, swiran [altered to swioran later]. 971 Blickl. Hom. 223 Þa he þa Sanctus Martinus þæt geseah, þa dyde he sona þæt hrægl of his sweoran. 971 Blickl. Hom. 241 Gif eow swa licige uton sendon rap on his swyran. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 157/38 Collum, sweora uel swura. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 Þenne ualleð he þer inne þet him brekeð þe sweore. c1200 Moral Ode 146 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 224 Swines brade is wel swete swo is of wilde diere Ac al to dire he hit abuið þe ȝiefð þar-fore his swiere [earlier version dore, swore]. a1225 Leg. Kath. 2233 Streche forð þine swire scharp sweord to underfonne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2002 Heo cærf him þene swure [c1300 Otho swere] a-twa. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5028 Ely..fyl bakward of hys chayre, And brak on two hys swyer. 13.. K. Alis. (Laud) 1938 Vp he dresseþ heued & swire And gynneþ speke on þis maner. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3643 Ys scheld þan heng he aboute ys swyre, And forþ he prykede with gret yre. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 30 Sche aboute hire whyte swere It dede, and hyng hirselven there. a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 134 Mi mouþ I pulte, my sweore I streiȝt To cusse his feet. c1400 Melayne 36 Ladyes swete of Swyre. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 1175 She leid hir arme about his swere, She kyssed him with hertie chere. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 316 Vpon the hede he straik with so gret Ire, Throu bayne and brayn in sondir schar the swyr. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 280 in Shorter Poems (1967) 26 Vp be the swyre [1579 Edinb. swire] My self I hangit. ?a1600 Marr. Sir Gawain ii. 58 in Percy's Reliques (1857) 388 Sir Kay beheld that lady's face And looked upon her sweere. γ. c1440 Bone Flor. 441 But yf he to hym hys doghtur geve, That ys so swete of sware [rhymes fare, thare, mare].1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi Mony sweit thing of sware swownit full oft.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. ii. 37 That lillie quhite of [1553 erron. as] swair.a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 171 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Swannis suowchand full swyth swetest of sware [rhymes blythar, war, ar].?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 214 in Shorter Poems (1967) 22 A quene, as lylly swete of sware [1579 Edinb. swair]. 2. A hollow near the summit of a mountain or hill; a gentle depression between two hills. local (occurs in several place-names in Scotland and the north of England).Old English gesweoru translates Latin colles in Ags. Psalter (ed. Thorpe). Old English sweoru is used also = neck of water or strait, Latin fretum. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > on or among hills saddleOE swirec1050 pocket1745 lap1747 rock basin1754 niche1756 sliddera1793 corrie1795 cove1805 slot1808 bay1853 punchbowl1855 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 427/13 Iuga, duna swioran. c1216 Newminster Cartul. (1878) 77 Ad crucem positam super le Swire de Fastside. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 13 Fra redis swyr till orkynnay. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 55 The soft sowch of the swyr and sovne of the stremys. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 50 Lo! ther the rais, rynning swyft as fyre, Drevin from the hychtis brekkis out at the swyre. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 350 He raid throw montanes mony, mose, and myre..Then wes he worsland our ane wondie swyre. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. D3^v Little kens the wife that sits by the fire, how the winde blowes cold in hurle burle swyre. 1790 A. Tait in Contemp. Burns (1844) 144 Then from Dewar's Swair I tripped on my shanks. 1820 W. Chambers Life Bl. Dwarf (1885) 1 A gentle rising hill to the south-west, called Manor Swire. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Swire, the hollow or declination of a mountain or hill, near the summit... The lower neck which connects the higher eminences in a chain of hills. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. † swire-bone n. Obsolete = neck-bone n.† swireforth adv. Obsolete neck forward, headlong. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > neck bone > [noun] swire-bonec825 neckc1275 cannel-bonea1325 neck-bonec1330 nuke-bone1562 halse-bone1794 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > headlong swireforthc825 a-randounc1380 headlya1425 headlongsc1540 eavelong1567 headlong1576 rank1590 headlongly1595 precipitously1626 neck-break1631 precipitantly1656 precipitately1728 precipitatedly1770 torrentially1882 slap-dab1886 c825 Vesp. Hymns vi. 28 in O.E.T. 408 Usque ad cervices, oð swirban. c1230 Hali Meid. 23 Leste hwase leope..& driue adun swireuorð, wiðuten ikepunge, deope into helle. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2959 The swyers swyre-bane he swappes in sondyre! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c825
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