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Definition of Swithe
1. adv. Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.
Definition of Swithe
1. Adverb. (alternative form of swith) ¹
2. Adverb. instantly, quickly, speedily, rapidly, strongly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swithe
1. swith [adv] - See also: swith
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swithe
Literary usage of Swithe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"... swithe * feble, and me * nom 10 rapes " and caste in to him for to draghen "
hine " ut of thisse ... wes se " swithe * feble thet he ne mihte noht ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"... swithe, Cloth and bord was drain i Say's Travels, p. 280. To serte Tristrem
evi-ithe, ... swithe."
3. Dan Michel's Ayenbite of Inwyt; Or, Remorse of Conscience: In the Kentish by Laurent, Dan Michel (1866)
"... heo sede be blithe And to Horn thou go \vel swithe He is under wude bo}e And
with him ... swithe ..."
4. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"... swithe * feble, and me * nom 10 rapes " and caste in to him for to draghen "
hine " ut of thisse ... wes se " swithe * feble thet he ne mihte noht ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"... swithe, Cloth and bord was drain i Say's Travels, p. 280. To serte Tristrem
evi-ithe, ... swithe."
6. Dan Michel's Ayenbite of Inwyt; Or, Remorse of Conscience: In the Kentish by Laurent, Dan Michel (1866)
"... heo sede be blithe And to Horn thou go \vel swithe He is under wude bo}e And
with him ... swithe ..."
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