Adjective: swith
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | swither |
| Superlative | swithest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like swith
sallow,
smooth,
slight,
sleigh,
sordid,
somber,
shweet,
shrill,
shrewd,
yellow,
yaller,
hard knock,
DRY,
Greek,
cut short,
unquiet,
unclean,
indiscreet,
chipper,
straicht, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Middle English swith, from Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (“strong”).
2. Cognate with Old Saxon swīth, Middle High German swind (Modern German geschwind (“fast, quick, swift”)), Middle Low German swîde (Modern Low German swied (“very, quite”)), Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick, swift”), West Frisian swiid (“impressive, special”), Old Norse svinnr, sviðr (“quick, clever, understanding, wise”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (swinþs, “strong”). Possibly related to sound. See: German Adjectives '
geschwind', Dutch Adjectives '
gezwind', Gothic Adjectives '
𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃'.
Verbs referencing "swith"
German Adjectives
geschwind, Dutch Adjectives
gezwind.