swith
adverb
immediately; quickly.
swithe
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a variation of
swith.
Example Sentences
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"Roberd the robbere, On Reddite loked, And for ther was noght wherof He wepte swithe soore."
From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various
He let him shrive swithe sone, To make his soule fair and cleue, To for our leuedi heven queen, That sche schuld for him be, To for her son in trinité.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
Vbbe dubbede him to knith, With a swerd ful swithe brith.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Thereof he aren swithe fagen, and mid here migt tharto he dragen, sipes onfesten, and alle up gangen.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle
On his dagan wæs thæt mære mynster on Cantwarbyrig getymbrad . and eac swithe manig other ofer eall Englaland .
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle
