Old English · adjective
swiþ
Normalised swīþ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /swiːθ/
- Syllables
- swiːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- swithstrong
Meaning
-
strong, mighty
Meotud allwihta, þū eart meahtum swīð nīþas tō nerġanne.
Maker of all beings, thou art mighty in strengths to set free from evils.
10th century, Azarias:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swīþ | swīþ | swīþ |
| Accusative | swīþne | swīþe | swīþ |
| Genitive | swīþes | swīþre | swīþes |
| Dative | swīþum | swīþre | swīþum |
| Instrumental | swīþe | swīþre | swīþe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swīþe | swīþaswīþe | swīþ |
| Accusative | swīþe | swīþaswīþe | swīþ |
| Genitive | swīþra | swīþra | swīþra |
| Dative | swīþum | swīþum | swīþum |
| Instrumental | swīþum | swīþum | swīþum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swīþa | swīþe | swīþe |
| Accusative | swīþan | swīþan | swīþe |
| Genitive | swīþan | swīþan | swīþan |
| Dative | swīþan | swīþan | swīþan |
| Instrumental | swīþan | swīþan | swīþan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swīþan | swīþan | swīþan |
| Accusative | swīþan | swīþan | swīþan |
| Genitive | swīþraswīþena | swīþraswīþena | swīþraswīþena |
| Dative | swīþum | swīþum | swīþum |
| Instrumental | swīþum | swīþum | swīþum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swinþ (“strong”). Also see English swith for its usage and cognates.
Descendants
swith
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