An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schwur

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Schwung

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Schwur

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2552201An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchwurJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schwur, masculine, ‘swearing, oath, curse,’ Modern High German only, in Middle High German found only in the compound meinswuor, ‘perjury,’ in Old High German only in eidswuor, ‘oath’; allied to schwören.