swiþe

Etymology
Equivalent to. From, , from. More at.

Adverb

 * 1) very
 * , "The First Sunday in Lent"
 * Þæt Dēofol hine þā ġenam þriddan sīðe, and hē hine lǣdde uppon swīðe hēa dūne.
 * Then the Devil took him a third time, and led him up to a very high mountain.
 * 1) * c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
 * "ang"

- Swīðost hē fōr þæder for þām horshwalum, for þon hīe habbaþ swīðe æðele bān on heora tōðum.''


 * 1) * early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle
 * "ang"

- Þā niht wæs sēo lyft swīðe clǣnu and þā steorran ofer ealne þone heofon swīðe beorhte sċīnende.


 * 1) * , Manuscript E, year 1089
 * On þone endleftan dæġ hærfestmōnaþes ġewearþ ofer eall Engla land miċel eorþstyring, and wæs swīðe lætsum ġēar on corne and on ǣlċes cynnes wæstmum, swā þæt maniġe menn rǣpon heora corn onbūtan Mārtīnes mæssan and ġīet lator.
 * On August 11th, all of England was hit by a huge earthquake, and it was a very slow year for grain and all kinds of crops, so that many people reaped their grain around Martinmas [November 11th] or even later.
 * 1) much
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Hū be mete? hū swīðe lyst þē þæs?


 * 1) * Solomon and Saturn II
 * Ne ondrǣd þū þē dēaþ tō swīðe. Þēah hē þē full gōd ne þynċe, ne cymþ hē nǣfre mā.
 * Don't be too scared of death [lit. don't fear death too much]. Even if it doesn't seem so great, it only happens once.
 * 1) more
 * 2) * c. 900, King Alfred's translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Iċ lufiġe ǣlcne mīnra frēonda, sume lǣsse, sume swīðor.


 * 1) * c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Hīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierre, tō þām þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor þonne hīe ǣr dydon.


 * 1) mostly
 * 2) * c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
 * "ang"

- Swīðost hē fōr þæder for þām horshwalum, for þon hīe habbaþ swīðe æðele bān on heora tōðum.


 * 1) especially
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
 * "ang"

- ...swīþost swā þēah synderlīce tō maure...


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric
 * "ang"

- Menn behōfiaþ gōdre lāre, swīðost on þissum tīman.


 * 1) exceedingly, superlative adjective related to the associated verb
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
 * "ang"

- Þā cōm God þǣrtō þā þā hīe swīðost worhton, and sealde ǣlcum menn þe þǣr wæs synderlīċe sprǣċe.