swith
swith · swither · swithest
Strong; vehementStrong; vehement.
/ˈswɪθ/
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal, obsolete)Strong; vehement.
Origin
From Middle English swith, from Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severFrom Middle English swith, from Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (“strong”).
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Forms
swither, swithestWord family
1 related wordsDerivedswithly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.