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单词 swithe
释义

swithe

English

Adverb

swithe (comparative swither, superlative swithest)

  1. Alternative form of swith
    • 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), John xiii. 27
      That thou doest, do thou swithe.
    • c. 1360, John Mandeville (accredited), The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
      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.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for swithe in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

  • Whites, whites, withes

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swinþ (strong).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswiːðe/

Adverb

swīthe

  1. very

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: swied
  • West Frisian: swiid

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
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