swithe
- a variation of swith.
Example Sentences
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"Now do our los be blowen swithe, As wisly be thou ever blithe." i.e.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
They came to a land where the king was Aylmar, who thus addressed them:— Whannes beo ȝe, faire gumes, That her to londe beoth icume, Alle throttene Of bodie swithe kene.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
Quickly, 140, 682, 690; ful swithe, 2436, appears a pleonasm.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
And he hæfde a swithe god wif & he heo leouede alse his lif.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
And Owain seigh ther ouer ligge A swithe, strong, naru brigge: The fendes seyd tho; Lo, Sir Knight, sestow this, This is the brigge of Paradis, Here ouer thou must go.
From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James
