sweer

[ sweer ]

adjective

, Scot. and North England.

1. slothful; indolent.
2. unwilling; reluctant.

sweer

/ swiːr /

verb

1. a variant spelling of sweir 1 sweir 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweer¹

before 900; Middle English swer ( e ), Old English swær ( e ) heavy, sluggish; cognate with German schwer

Example Sentences

Passing through Torres Straits, they called at Bountiful Island and obtained a good supply of turtles, anchoring in Investigator Roads, situated between Bentinck and Sweer’s Islands.

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Landing on Sweer’s Island, they found the wells left by Flinders in 1802, also the “Investigator” tree.

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Flinders anchored near Sweer’s Island, which he named, and examined Bentinck, Mornington, and Bountiful Islands adjacent thereto, the whole group being called Wellesley’s Islands.

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Sweer’s Island has been deserted for many years, and is no longer a health resort.

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There is at the present day on Sweer’s Island, a well containing pure fresh water called Flinders’ well, supposed to have been sunk by him, and near to it was a tree marked by him.

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