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Swithe vs Sithe - What's the difference?

swithe | sithe |

As an adverb swithe

is .

As a noun sithe is

.

As a verb sithe is

or sithe can be (dialect|dated) to sigh.

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)

    sithe

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1669 , , Paradise Lost , Samuel Simmons, Book X:
    • "and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared" - Paradise Lost, Book X

    Verb

    • Etymology 2

    Corrupt regional pronunciation of sigh.

    Verb

  • (dialect, dated) To sigh.
    • (Webster 1913)