An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schwur

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Schwur
Friedrich Kluge2509944An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schwur1891John Francis Davis

Schwur, m., ‘swearing, oath, curse,’ ModHG. only, in MidHG. found only in the compound meinswuor, ‘perjury,’ in OHG. only in eidswuor, ‘oath’; allied to schwören.