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Old English · adjective

swiþhwæt

Normalised swīþhwæt

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈswiːθˌxwæt/
[ˈswiːθˌʍæt]
Syllables
ˈswiːθ · ˌxwæt (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. very strong

    byþ on reċyde rinca ġehwylċum sēfte, and swīþhwæt ðām ðe sitteþ on ufan mēare mæġenheardum ofer mīlpaþas.

    Furniture is soft in a house for any of warriors, and [the harness] is well-strong for whom who sits above a horse well hardly over roads.

    c. 1000, The Rune Poem:

Declension

Strong declension of swiþhwæt
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative swīþhwætswīþhwatuswīþhwatoswīþhwæt
Accusative swīþhwætneswīþhwateswīþhwæt
Genitive swīþhwatesswīþhwætreswīþhwates
Dative swīþhwatumswīþhwætreswīþhwatum
Instrumental swīþhwateswīþhwætreswīþhwate
Plural
Nominative swīþhwateswīþhwataswīþhwateswīþhwatuswīþhwato
Accusative swīþhwateswīþhwataswīþhwateswīþhwatuswīþhwato
Genitive swīþhwætraswīþhwætraswīþhwætra
Dative swīþhwatumswīþhwatumswīþhwatum
Instrumental swīþhwatumswīþhwatumswīþhwatum
Weak declension of swiþhwæt
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative swīþhwataswīþhwateswīþhwate
Accusative swīþhwatanswīþhwatanswīþhwate
Genitive swīþhwatanswīþhwatanswīþhwatan
Dative swīþhwatanswīþhwatanswīþhwatan
Instrumental swīþhwatanswīþhwatanswīþhwatan
Plural
Nominative swīþhwatanswīþhwatanswīþhwatan
Accusative swīþhwatanswīþhwatanswīþhwatan
Genitive swīþhwætraswīþhwatenaswīþhwætraswīþhwatenaswīþhwætraswīþhwatena
Dative swīþhwatumswīþhwatumswīþhwatum
Instrumental swīþhwatumswīþhwatumswīþhwatum

All forms (12)

Etymology

From swīþ (“strong”) + hwæt (“active, bold”).

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