Old English · adjective
swete
Normalised swēte
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsweː.te/
- Syllables
- ˈsweː · te (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- sweetuntaintedpersonalityharmonious
Meaning
-
sweet (of smell or taste)
Iċ eom on gōman ġēna swētra
I am sweeter still in the mouth than when you blend bee-bread with honey
Exeter Book, riddle 40 -
pure, untainted (of a taste)
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harmonious
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agreeable, pleasant, sweet (of personality)
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swēte | swētuswēto | swēte |
| Accusative | swētne | swēte | swēte |
| Genitive | swētes | swētre | swētes |
| Dative | swētum | swētre | swētum |
| Instrumental | swēte | swētre | swēte |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swēte | swētaswēte | swētuswēto |
| Accusative | swēte | swētaswēte | swētuswēto |
| Genitive | swētra | swētra | swētra |
| Dative | swētum | swētum | swētum |
| Instrumental | swētum | swētum | swētum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swēta | swēte | swēte |
| Accusative | swētan | swētan | swēte |
| Genitive | swētan | swētan | swētan |
| Dative | swētan | swētan | swētan |
| Instrumental | swētan | swētan | swētan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swētan | swētan | swētan |
| Accusative | swētan | swētan | swētan |
| Genitive | swētraswētena | swētraswētena | swētraswētena |
| Dative | swētum | swētum | swētum |
| Instrumental | swētum | swētum | swētum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.
Descendants
sweet
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