From: wugi@brol.invalid   
      
   Op 4/08/2025 om 23:08 schreef Ross Clark:   
   > ObLang: Schwur 'oath' -- a new German word for me. But they also have   
   > Eid, which is cognate with the English. Is there a difference?   
      
   AI, recapitulating:   
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   "Eid" is more for institutional/judicial usage, "Schwur" (also) more   
   general.   
      
   In Dutch we have "eed" (oath) and "zweren" (to swear [an oath, not   
   blasphemy which has "vloeken", "vloek"=curse]), but "zweer" has no oath   
   meaning, it does mean ulcer, with a verb "zweren" conjugated differently.   
   Hij zwoer een dure eed,   
   he swore a precious oath.   
   Joking langslip:   
   Hij zwoer een dure zweer.   
      
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