swith
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
Definition of swith
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (dialectal, obsolete)Strong; vehement.
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adj
- (dialectal, obsolete)Strong; vehement.
adv
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(dialectal, obsolete)Quickly, speedily, promptly.
“As ye disown yon paughty dog, / That bears the keys of Peter, / Then swith! an' get a wife to hug,”
““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.”
- (dialectal, obsolete)Strongly; vehemently; very.
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Etymology
From Middle English swith, from Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (“strong”). Cognate with Old Saxon swīth, Middle High German…
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From Middle English swith, from Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (“strong”). 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”). Possibly related to sound.
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