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单词 swaver
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swaverv.

/ˈsweɪvə/
Forms: Also Middle English swafre.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.
Etymology: ? < Scandinavian stem sveif- : see swayve v. and -er suffix5. Compare Old Norse sveifla to swing (Norwegian dialect sveivla to fan, waft), and English dialect swavel to reel, stagger, sway about.
northern dialect.
intransitive. To stagger, totter. Also figurative to decline away from.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > reel, stagger, or sway unsteadily
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welt13..
waggera1382
swaver?a1400
blundc1400
swab14..
swabble14..
gogglec1460
reel1477
galay1489
stagger1530
swag1530
stag1561
wheel1832
swig1833
wavel1896
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action
wanderc897
haltc900
flitc1175
misdrawc1300
err1303
convertc1374
foldc1380
stray1390
astray1393
swaver?a1400
to fall from ——a1425
recedec1450
depart1535
swervea1547
fag1555
flinch1578
exorbitate1600
extravagate1600
discoasta1677
tralineate1700
aberrate1749
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3970 Than swetes the swete kynge and in swoune fallis, Swafres vp swiftely, and swetly hym kysses.
c1485 Digby Myst., Conversion of St. Paul 447 Thowȝe on do swauer away from our lore.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 20 She wins to foot, an' swavering makes to gang.
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 187 He swavert o' the edge o' the rock, an' syne fell our.
1866 R. Buchanan London Poems 230 His heart fail'd, he swaver'd forth again.
1866 R. Buchanan Scaith o' Bartle in London Poems 232 Swavering down the path, he took my arm.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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