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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swinþalīkaz, cognate with Old Norse svinnligr (“sensible”) from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (“strong”),[1] equivalent to swīþ + -līċ. More at swith.
Pronunciation
Adjective
swīþlīċ
- immense, great, violent
Declension
Declension of swīþlīċ — Strong
Declension of swīþlīċ — Weak
References
- ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “swenþa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 577
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