swore

verb

1. (form-of, past)simple past of swear
2. (colloquial, dialectal, form-of, participle, past)past participle of swear

   “If that were all, for some have swore / As false as they, if th' did no more[…]”

   “"[…]I have 'swore off' smoking. But you shall have your pipe (the old tobacco) or cigars among the books. It will be quite a delight."”

   ““Were it not for the fancy French and Latin in it, I'd have swore it was the sort of thing I do not print as a rule, but being as how the order was from one of the members upstairs...””