c. swart
ərts
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| —adj | |
| archaic, dialect or swarthy | |
| [Old English sweart; related to Old Frisian swart, Old Norse svartr, Old High German swarz black, Latin sordēs dirt; see | |
| swarth or swarth | |
| —adj | |
| [Old English sweart; related to Old Frisian swart, Old Norse svartr, Old High German swarz black, Latin sordēs dirt; see | |
| 'swartness or swarth | |
| —n | |
| 'swarthness or swarth | |
| —n | |
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C. swart
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swart
O.E. sweart "black," from P.Gmc. *swartaz (cf. O.Fris., M.Du. swart, O.N. svartr, Ger. schwarz, Goth. swarts "dark-colored, black"), from PIE base *swordo- "dirty, dark, black" (source of sordid). The true Gmc. word for "black," surviving in the Continental languages.
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