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Saithe vs Swithe - What's the difference?

saithe | swithe |

As a noun saithe

is the pollock or coalfish or coley (pollachius virens ).

As an adverb swithe is

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saithe

English

(wikipedia saithe)

Noun

(saithe)
  • The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens ).

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    swithe

    English

    Adverb

    (er)
  • instantly, quickly, speedily, rapidly, strongly; very
    • That thou doest, do thou swithe . — Wyclif, (John xiii. 27)
    And he yede and opened the tomb, and there flew out an adder right hideous to see; the which as swithe flew about the city and the country, and soon after the city sank down. — The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

    References

    (Webster 1913)