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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

[AS.

swī[GREEK]e

strongly, violently.]

Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.

[Obs.]

That thou doest, do thou

swithe

Wyclif (John xiii. 27).

swithe ‎(comparative swither, superlative swithest)

Alternative form of swith
instantly, quickly, speedily, rapidly, strongly; very

That thou doest, do thou swithe. — Wyclif, (John xiii. 27)

And he yede and opened the tomb, and there flew out an adder right hideous to see; the which as swithe flew about the city and the country, and soon after the city sank down. — The Travels of Sir John Mandeville