sweers

"Oi ha 'bin thinking how we moight get over Polly's evidence agin me; every noight oi will get up regular and coom and ha' a talk wi 'you; oi will coom out wi'out my shoes as quiet as a cat, and then if Polly sweers as oi didn't leave t' house that noight thou can'st sweer as she knows nothing at all aboot it, as oi ha 'been out every noight to see thee."

Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots 1867

_swears_ as we now pronounce it, than for _sweers_; though we fear our tired readers may be tempted to perform the ceremony implied by the verb without much regard to its orthoëpy.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

But Mr. White (having forgotten for a moment his conclusion that _swears_ was anciently _sweers_) quotes (Vol.V. pp. 399-400) from the "Haven of Health" as follows: -- "Among us in England they be of two sorts, that is to say, great _Raysons_ and small

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

"Well, sur, you see, when a young fella's mawther sweers to 'im there can't be much more zed.

Roger Trewinion Joseph Hocking 1898

A sister had been speaking of her brother as much addicted to this habit ” “Oor John sweers awfu ', and we try to correct him; but,” she added in a candid and apologetic tone,

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874