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Webster 1913 Edition


Swithe

Swithe

,
adv.
[AS.
swī[GREEK]e
strongly, violently.]
Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.
[Obs.]
That thou doest, do thou
swithe
.
Wyclif (John xiii. 27).

Definition 2024


swithe

swithe

English

Adverb

swithe (comparative swither, superlative swithest)

  1. Alternative form of swith
  2. 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

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