Absolon, He woweth hire by mene and by brocage, And swor he wolde ben hir owne page.
Than seyde Gamelyn · and swor by Cristes ore, 'Now I am older woxe · thou schalt me finde a more!
Tho wraththed him Gamelyn · and swor by goddes book, 'Thou schalt go bake thy-self · I wil nought be thy cook!
Than answerd the porter · and swor by goddes berde, 295 'Thow ne schalt, Gamelyn · come into this yerde.
So at the laste her-of they felle at oon, 565 Or elles, softe he swor hir in hir ere, He nolde never come ther she were.
This cherles herte is in a traunce, As he which drad him of vengance Whan time comth an other day; Bot yit dorste he noght seie nay, 1370 Bot swor and seide he schal fulfille Hire hestes at hire oghne wille.
His Steward seide ayein, "Noght so; For sche mot gon er it be knowe, And so I swor at thilke throwe, Whan I hire fette to you hiere.
Bot Brutus, which was with hem there, Toward himself his herte kepte, And to Lucrece anon he lepte, The blodi swerd and pulleth oute, And swor the goddes al aboute That he therof schal do vengance.
The king Ligdus upon a strif Spak unto Thelacuse his wif, Which thanne was with childe grete; He swor it scholde noght be lete, That if sche have a dowhter bore, That it ne scholde be forlore And slain, wherof sche sory was.
Sum bad byrn him, sum hang him in a cord; Thai swor that he had dissawit thair lord.
Twelf scor thai slew that was off Ingland born; Wemen thai lewit and preistis, on the morn, To pass thar way, off blyss and gudis bar; And swor that thai agayne suld cum no mar.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swor" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words: sword and; sword upon
