Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe neck. · A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.
From Middle English swire, from Old English swēora, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.
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