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Old English · adverb

swote

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈswoː.te/
Syllables
ˈswoː · te (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. sweetly

    Oleō: iċ stince swōte.

    Oleo: I smell sweet.

    c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

  2. cutely

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swōtō ~ *swōtē. Equivalent to swēte + -e. Compare Old High German sozo.

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