sware

1. archaicpastsimple past of swear

   so I sware to the rose,/"Forever and ever, mine."

   1855, Alfred Tennyson, Song from Maud

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   He shoke downe all the clothys, And sware horryble othes Before the face of God, […]

   c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 51–53

   "But if thou wilt follow my counsel, and wilt espouse me, I will save thee; but thou must give unto me thy oath, that thou wilt do it." He replied that he would, and he sware unto her, and gave it unto her in writing.

   1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 338

plural swares

1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of swear.