"swart" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /swɔː(ɹ)t/ [UK], /swɔɹt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swart.wav [Southern-England] Forms: swarter [comparative], swartest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Middle English swart, from Old English sweart, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swart}} Middle English swart, {{inh|en|ang|sweart}} Old English sweart, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swart}} Proto-West Germanic *swart, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swartaz}} Proto-Germanic *swartaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*swerd-}} Proto-Indo-European *swerd- Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} swart (comparative swarter, superlative swartest)
  1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
    Sense id: en-swart-en-adj-oK8XK~54
  2. (UK dialectal) Black. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-swart-en-adj-oykHEhiE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 79 8 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 2 19 2 8 3 2 2 6 7 6 7 3 3 1 6 6 6 1 3
  3. (obsolete) Gloomy; malignant. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-swart-en-adj-YH927Tt3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: swarten, swarty Related terms: forswart, swartness
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /swɔː(ɹ)t/ [UK], /swɔɹt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swart.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Middle English swart, from Old English sweart, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swart}} Middle English swart, {{inh|en|ang|sweart}} Old English sweart, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swart}} Proto-West Germanic *swart, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swartaz}} Proto-Germanic *swartaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*swerd-}} Proto-Indo-European *swerd- Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} swart
  1. (UK dialectal) Black or dark dyestuff. Tags: UK, dialectal Related terms: swarth
    Sense id: en-swart-en-noun-0TqtdyD7 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /swɔː(ɹ)t/ [UK], /swɔɹt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swart.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Etymology: Variant of sward. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sward}} sward Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} swart (uncountable)
  1. Obsolete spelling of sward Tags: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: sward
    Sense id: en-swart-en-noun-twpg5WzU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /swɔː(ɹ)t/ [UK], /swɔɹt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swart.wav [Southern-England] Forms: swarts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-noun}} swart (plural swarts)
  1. (IE dialectal) Variant of swath. Tags: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: swath
    Sense id: en-swart-en-noun-kVvQdgAq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /swɔː(ɹ)t/ [UK], /swɔɹt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swart.wav [Southern-England] Forms: swarts [present, singular, third-person], swarting [participle, present], swarted [participle, past], swarted [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Middle English swarten, from Old English sweartian, from Proto-West Germanic *swartōn, from Proto-Germanic *swartōną. By surface analysis, swart + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swarten}} Middle English swarten, {{inh|en|ang|sweartian}} Old English sweartian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swartōn}} Proto-West Germanic *swartōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swartōną}} Proto-Germanic *swartōną, {{surf|en|swart#Etymology_1|-en}} By surface analysis, swart + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} swart (third-person singular simple present swarts, present participle swarting, simple past and past participle swarted)
  1. (transitive) To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-swart-en-verb-VsB9k7PB Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -en
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1400s: Thomas Occleve, Hymns to the Virgin\nMen schalle then sone se / Att mydday hytt shalle swarte be"
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