swiþe

Meaning

1. very

   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

   Blickling Homilies, "The First Sunday in Lent"

2. much

   Hū be mete? hū swīðe lyst þē þæs?

   How about food? How much dost thou desire that?

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of w:Augustine of Hippo|Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

3. more

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

   I love all my friends, some more, some less.

   c. 900, King Alfred's translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies

4. mostly

   Swīþost hē fōr ðider... for þǣm horshwælum, for ðǣm hīe habbað swīþe æðele bān on hiora tōþum...

   Mostly he went there... for the walruses, since they have very fine ivory in their teeth...

   c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan

5. especially

   ...swīþost swā þēah synderlīċe tō Maure...

   ...but especially, however, to Maurus in particular;...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

6. exceedingly, related to the associated verb

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

   Then God came there when they were working hardest, and gave everyone there a separate language.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"