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sweór

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sweór, swehor, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§87; §173; §238; §246; §329;
a father-in-law
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  • Sueór

    vetellus,

      Txts. 106, 1099.
  • Su[eó]r

    socer,

      97, 1878.
  • Sweór,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 7: 72, 51: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 13.
  • Se wæs Caiphas sweór (sueór,

      Lind.), Jn. Skt. 18, 13: Gen. 38, 13.
  • Sweór, swiór,

      Bt. 10; Fox 28, 13.
  • Hǽdne wǽron begen, sweór and áþum,

      Exon. Th. 246, 22; Jul. 65.
  • Ðá sende heó tó hire sweóre (

    ad socerum suum

    ),
      Gen. 38, 25: 30, 25.
  • Obab his sweór (

    cognatum

    ),
      Past. 41, 5; Swt. 304, 9.
  • Suehoras, sueóras

    vitelli,

      Txts. 104, 1062.
  • Wæs Rómeburg on fruman gehálgod mid bróðor blóde and mid sweóra (

    the fathers of the Sabine women who were taken as wives by the Romans

    ),
      Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 5.
the word is also used to translate
consobrinus; a cousin
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  • Sueór

    consobrinus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 83.
  • Gesweóras consobrini, sweór

    consobrinus, filius patruelis,

      134, 17-20.
  • Sw[e]ór

    consobrinus,

      15, 2.
Etymology
[Goth. swaihra father-in-law: O. H. Ger. sweher, swér socer, levir: Ger. schwäher.]
Similar entries
v. sweger,suhtriga.
Linked entries
v.  suhterga swór.
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  • sweór, n.