swithとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

swith (comparative swither, superlative swithest)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Strong; vehement.

派生語

• swithly

語源 2

From 中期英語 swith, swithe, from 古期英語 swīþe (“very much, exceedingly, severely, violently, fiercely”), from Proto-West Germanic *swinþā, from Proto-Germanic *swinþê (“strongly”), from Proto-Indo-European *swento- (“active, healthy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian swied (“very”), West Frisian swiid (“very”), Dutch zwijd (“very, extremely”), Low German swied (“quite, very”), Dutch gezwind (“quick, swift”). Not related to superficially similar English swift.

別の表記

• swithe

副詞

swith (comparative swither, superlative swithest)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Quickly, speedily, promptly.
   • 1786, Robert Burns, A Dream‎:

     As ye disown yon paughty dog, / That bears the keys of Peter, / Then swith! an' get a wife to hug,

   • 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter XXXVII, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     “Body of us, man!” said the king, “it is the speech of a true man and a loving subject, and we will grace him accordingly—what though he be but a carle—a twopenny cat may look at a king. Swith, man! have him—pundite fores.

2. (dialectal or obsolete) Strongly; vehemently; very.

アナグラム

• Whits, whist, whits, wisht, withs