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Swithe

Swithe \Swithe\, adv. [AS. sw[=i]?e strongly, violently.] Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly. [Obs.]

That thou doest, do thou swithe.
--Wyclif (John xiii. 27).

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swithe

adv. 1 (alternative form of swith English) 2 instantly, quickly, speedily, rapidly, strongly; very

Usage examples of "swithe".

Moswell and Swithe had both eaten with Cobweb and myself in the dining room, though my father had not been there.

I stored knowledge from Moswell and then got Swithe to explain what it meant.

In the afternoons, we would sit in the garden and Swithe would tell me what to write in my notebook.

Swithe would stare at him and he would throw back his head, gaze at Swithe haughtily and then go back to his reading, never turning the page.

Cobweb never left his side, and Moswell and Swithe did not come to sit with us in the evening again for quite some time.

I never forgot them, nor how the room had seemed to chill as Swithe spoke, the sun beyond the windows to grow briefly shadowed.

Moswell and Swithe took a holiday to go back to visit their own tribe farther south, accompanied by an escort of Varrish warriors, should hostile tribes or stray humans be abroad, braving the weather.

I tried to imagine myself naked with Ithiel or Swithe and just the thought of it made me blush and I had to make a noise, like a growl in my throat, to make the thought go away.

Cobweb stood staring into the ice, Swithe some distance away, arms folded.

I had a suspicion that the friendship with Swithe had been resumed as well, but I could not be sure.

I understood from Swithe that in other tribes, Feybraiha was surrounded by ritual and meant a lot more than just losing your virginity.

I bullied Swithe and Cobweb to take me into Galhea with them and occasionally they would relent and we would go into the town, perhaps to eat at the best inn, where they treated us like royalty, or to walk in the market where traders would respectfully entreat us to inspect their wares.

This confused Swithe, who sometimes found himself defending a point that previously he had argued against fiercely.

Cal would catch my eye and wink at me while Swithe spluttered for words.

I had been ignoring Gahrazel very thoroughly for the past two days and Swithe and Moswell could not understand what was going on.