swart

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of a dark hue

   Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.

   • 1400s: Thomas Occleve, Hymns to the Virgin Men schalle then sone se / Att mydday hytt shalle swarte be
   • A nation strange, with visage swart
   • Lame, foolish, crooked, swart, prodigious,
2. 2

   Black.

3. 3

   Gloomy

   Gloomy; malignant.

   • Suddenly the swart figure of Time stood up before the gods, with both hands dripping with blood and a red sword dangling idly from his fingers, and said: “Sardathrion is gone! I have overthrown it!”
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   1. 4

      Black or dark dyestuff.

   2. 5

      To make swart or tawny

      To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.

      • to swart a living part
      • […] the heate of the Sun, whose fervor may swarte a living part, and even black a dead or dissolving flesh,
   3. 6

      Obsolete spelling of sward.

   4. 7

      Variant of swath.

   5. 8

      A surname.

The neighborhood

• neighborforswart
• neighborswartness