Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweirt
Literary usage of Sweirt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"Our anld forbears, when ower their yill, And ran tic bickers round did ca',
Forsooth, they cried, anither gill ! For sweirt we are to gang awa. ..."
2. In Praise of Ale: Or, Songs, Ballads, Epigrams, & Anecdotes Relating to Beer by W. T. Marchant (1888)
"Our auld forbears, when ower their yill, And cantie bickers round did ca', Forsooth !
they cried, anither gill! For sweirt we are to gang awa. ..."
3. Scottish Song: Its Wealth, Wisdom, and Social Significance by John Stuart Blackie (1889)
"She never threaten'd scab nor rot, But keepit aye her ain jog-trot; Baith to the
fauld and to the cot, Was never sweirt to lead nor ca'. ..."
4. Scottish Songs, Ballads and Poems by Hew Ainslie (1855)
"... An' flower an' flood. Our feeding like our fun has been, Baith great an' good.
An' fare-ye-weel again, like twa, Are sweirt to part but maun awa'? ..."
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