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Swithe vs Swythe - What's the difference?

swithe | swythe |

As adverbs the difference between swithe and swythe

is that swithe is while swythe is (obsolete) quickly; swithe.

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)

    swythe

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) quickly; swithe
    • (Webster 1913)