swiþe

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to swīþ +‎ -e. From Proto-Germanic *swinþaz, *swenþaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *swent- (“active, healthy”). More at swith.

Adverb

swīþe

  1. very, strongly
  2. severely

References
  • swíðe in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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