sward

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From a blend of sword + pardner.

1. A homosexual man.

verb

Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English sward (“rind; skin; calloused skin; leather strap; sod, turf”) [and other forms], from Old English sweard, swearð (“rind; skin”), from Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind; tough skin; turf”); further etymology unknown. The verb is derived from the noun.

1. To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.
2. Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.

   “[Land...] will not sward again […]”

   “[…] for the ground immediately after corn is many years before it swards, and […]”