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swith

American  
[swith] / swɪθ /
Or swithe

adverb

  1. Chiefly British Dialect. immediately; quickly.


verb (used with object)

  1. Scot. to hurry; hasten.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of swith

before 900; Middle English (adv.), Old English swīthe strongly, equivalent to swīth strong (cognate with German geschwind, Old Norse svinnr fast, Gothic swinths strong) + -e adv. suffix

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That fade swith the “For You” tab, which shows bushels of stale tweets by people you follow and irrelevant tweets by people you don’t.

From Slate Feb. 6, 2023

It's laced swith gallows humor, but also abrupt shifts of the moral high ground.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2012

He shouted and sang how— “Estmere threw his harpe asyde, And swith he drew his brand!”

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

Thus responds the brusque but kind-hearted old jailer, who view swith an air of compassion his new comer, as he lays, a forlorn mass, exposed to the gaze of the prisoners gathering eagerly about him.

From Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

She is a hound, also be ye: Out of my chamber swith ye flee.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis

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