swar--prophetes.ai

swar

▪ I. † swar Sc. Obs.
[Origin unknown. Cf. swarl.]
A snare.

c 1470 Henry Wallace ii. 169 He caucht is in the swar [ed. 1570 snair]. Ibid. vii. 211 Be he entrit, hys hed was in the swar [ed. 1570 snair].

▪ II. swar
variant of sware n. Obs.

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