Proto-Germanic: *swaran-, *swarjan-, *swarōn vb.; *swar=, *swōr=
Meaning: swear
Gothic: swaran st. `swear'
Old Norse: sverja st. `schwören'; sȫri, svȫri n. `Schwur'; svara wk. `antworten, verteidigen'; svar n. `Antwort; Verteidigung'
Norwegian: sverja vb.; svar; svara vb.
Old Swedish: epsöre `Schwur'; svara vb.
Swedish: svärja vb.; svar
Danish: sverge vb.; svar; svare vb.
Old English: swerian `schwören', andswaru `Antwort'
English: swear, answer
Old Frisian: swera st.
Old Saxon: swerian `schwören'; andswōr `Antwort, Verantwortung'
Middle Dutch: swēren st. `zweren, vloeken'
Dutch: zweren `een eed afleggen'
Middle Low German: swerēn
Old High German: swer(i)en, swerren st. [j-Präs.] (8.Jh.) `schwören'; meinswōrō 'Meineid? wer einen Meineid schwört?' (10.Jh.)
Middle High German: swërn st. 'schwören'; swuor st. m. `Eid, Schwur, gotteslästerliche Rede, Fluch'
German: schwören, Schwur m.
