swith

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See also: swiþ

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English swith, from Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *swento- (“active, healthy”).

Cognate with Old Saxon swīth, Middle High German swind (Modern German geschwind (“fast, quick, swift”)), Middle Low German swîde (Modern Low German swied (“very, quite”)), Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick, swift”), West Frisian swiid (“impressive, special”), Old Norse svinnr, sviðr (“quick, clever, understanding, wise”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (swinþs, “strong”). Related to sound.

Adjective

swith (comparative more swith, superlative most swith)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Strong; vehement.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English swith, swithe, from Old English swīþe (“very much, exceedingly, severely, violently, fiercely”), from Proto-Germanic *swinþa (“strongly”), from Proto-Indo-European *swento- (“active, healthy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian swied (“very”), Low German swied (“quite, very”). Not cognate to superficially similar swift.

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Adverb

swith (comparative more swith, superlative most swith)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Quickly, speedily, promptly.
    • 1786, Robert Burns, A Dream‎:
      As ye disown yon paughty dog, / That bears the keys of Peter, / Then swith! an' get a wife to hug,
    • 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter XXXVII, in The Fortunes of Nigel. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
      “Body of us, man!” said the king, “it is the speech of a true man and a loving subject, and we will grace him accordingly—what though he be but a carle—a twopenny cat may look at a king. Swith, man! have him—pundite fores.
  2. (dialectal or obsolete) Strongly; vehemently; very.

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