See Also: swart(dictionary)
swart gevaar(dictionary)

swart (iou)



swart adjective & noun. Now only dial., poet., & rhet. See also SWARTH adjective & noun4.
[Old English sweart = Old Frisian, Old Saxon swart, Old High German swarz (Dutch zwart, German schwarz), Old Norse svartr, Gothic swarts, from Germanic.]
A. adjective.
Dark in colour; black, blackish; spec. dark-complexioned, dusky, swarthy. OE.
b. Of the face or body: livid through suffering or emotion. LME-L16.
c. Of the sun, or some other celestial object regarded as hot: producing a swarthy complexion. M17.
d. Dressed in black. L17.
Wicked, iniquitous; baleful, malignant. OE.
B. noun. A person of swarthy complexion. rare. LME-M19.
swartish adjective (obsolete exc. dial.) somewhat dark or swarthy LME.
swartness noun swarthiness, duskiness LOE.