shvue

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Definitions

  • n. An oath.

Example Sentences

  • "On July 24, 1714 they both surrendered an accounting under a shvue [oath], that in the space of a year, from August first 1713 to July 22, 1714 they took czopowe 'from Catholic and Jewish tavern keepers' in the amount of 266 zloty and four groszy." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y שבֿועה shvue

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      schvue, shvueh, schvueh

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