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单词 swith
释义

swithadv.

Brit. /swɪθ/, U.S. /swɪθ/, Scottish English /swɪθ/
Forms: α. Old English–Middle English swiðe, Old English–Middle English swyðe, Old English–Middle English swiþe, Middle English swuðe, Middle English suithe, suythe, (Middle English swuþe, Middle English swðe), Middle English suyþe, Middle English ( Ayenb.) zuyþe, Middle English swyþe, suiþe, ( swyde ?), (Middle English squiþe, squyþe, Middle English squythe, Middle English squith, sqwithe), Middle English–1500s swythe, Middle English, 1800s archaic and rare swithe. β. Middle English swuð ?, Middle English suiþ, ( suit, squyþ, comparative swyþþer), Middle English, 1500s Scottish suith, suyth, Middle English, 1500s Scottish swyth, Middle English swiþ, (Scottish swycht), Middle English–1500s Scottish swyith, (1500s Scottish switht), Middle English–1500s, 1700s Scottish, 1800s archaic and Scottish swith.
Etymology: Old English swíðe = Old Saxon swîðo (Middle Low German swide , swît ), Old Frisian swîthe , swîde , Old High German, Middle High German swinde (later swint , schwind(t) , modern German geschwind , dialect schwind-e ), adverb of Common Germanic adjective represented by Old English swíþ strong (surviving in Middle English only in the comparative swither n.) = Old Saxon swîði, swîð strong, powerful, sudden (Middle Low German swîde, swît), Old High German, Middle High German swinde strong, rapid (as the second element in many personal names, as Wolfswind, Amalswind), early modern German schwind-e, Old Norse svinnr swift, quick, wise, Gothic swinþs strong; of doubtful origin. The normal modern representative of Old English swíðe would have been /swaɪð/. The reduction of Middle English swīthë to one syllable /swiːð/ took place first in the north ( Cursor Mundi). Evidence of normal shortening of the stem-vowel in the comparative swyþþer appears late in the 14th cent.; there is no clear evidence of shortening in the positive till late in the 16th cent.
archaic or dialect (in later use chiefly Scottish).
†1. Qualifying a finite verb or a participle: Strongly, forcibly; very greatly, very much, extremely, excessively; in superlative most, most especially.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb] > grievously or extremely
swith971
hardOE
teenfullya1375
foullya1400
thickc1400
violently?a1425
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly
swithlyc888
micklelyeOE
swith971
hardOE
un-i-fohOE
sevenfoldlOE
unmeet?c1225
innerlyc1330
horribly1340
too1340
sore1474
horriblec1475
vehemently1483
outrageous1487
done?a1513
exquisite1529
strangely1532
exceeding1535
exceedingly1535
angardlyc1540
angerlyc1540
choicec1540
vengeable1542
vengeably?1550
extremelya1554
monstrous1569
thrice1579
amain1587
extremea1591
damnably1598
fellc1600
tyrannically1602
exquisitely1603
damnedly1607
preciously1607
damnablea1616
impensively1620
excellingly1621
main1632
fearful1634
vengeancelya1640
upsy1650
impensely1657
twadding1657
vastly1664
hideous1667
mainly1670
consumed1707
consumedly1707
outrageously1749
damned1757
nation1771
shockingly1777
deuced1779
darn1789
darned1807
felly1807
varsal1814
awful1816
awfy1816
frightfully1816
deucedly1819
dogged1819
awfully1820
gallowsa1823
shocking1831
tremendously1832
everlasting1833
terribly1833
fearfully1835
ripping1838
poison1840
thundering1853
frighteninglyc1854
raring1854
hell's own1863
goldarned1866
goddamned1870
doggone1871
acutely1872
whooping1874
stupidly1878
everlastingly1879
hideously1882
densely1883
storming1883
good and1885
thunderingly1885
crazy1887
tremendous1887
madly1888
goldarn1892
howling1895
murderously1916
rasted1919
goddam1921
bitchingly1923
Christly1923
bitching1929
falling-down1930
lousy1932
appallingly1937
stratospherically1941
Christ almighty1945
effing1945
focking1956
dagnab1961
drop-dead1980
hella1987
totes2006
971 Blickl. Hom. 223 Þæs he wæs ðonne ealles swiþost to hergenne.
OE Beowulf 997 Wæs þæt beorhte bold tobrocen swiðe.
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 959 He wearð wide, geond þeodland, swiðe geweorðad.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 119 We sculen hine efre mid alle ure heorte..herian and swiþest on þissere halie tide.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 136 Ȝef ani ancre is þe ne feleð nane fondunges. swiðe drede ich þet point. þet ha beo swiðe muchel & ouerswiðe ifonded.
c1230 Hali Meid. 39 Hit ah meiden to eggi þe swiðre þer framward.
c1320 Cast. Love 1039 Þe fend wondrede swiþe, and seide ‘What artou?’
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 479 I wil not greve þe to swiþe [ Caxton swyth].
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum iv. xi. (Tollem. MS.) Hete worcheþ ful swyþe [L. nimis] in þe substaunce of flewme and brenneþ it.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 987 Wyth lyȝt louez vplyfte þay loued hym swyþe.
†2. Qualifying an adjective or adverb: Excessively, extremely, very. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very
tooc888
swith971
wellOE
wellOE
fullOE
rightc1175
muchc1225
wellac1275
gainlya1375
endlyc1440
hard?1440
very1448
odda1500
great1535
jolly1549
fellc1600
veryvery1649
gooda1655
vastly1664
strange1667
bloody1676
ever so1686
heartily1727
real1771
precious1775
quarely1805
murry1818
très1819
freely1820
powerfula1822
gurt1824
almighty1830
heap1832
all-fired1833
gradely1850
real1856
bonny1857
heavens1858
veddy1859
canny1867
some1867
oh-so1881
storming1883
spanking1886
socking1896
hefty1898
velly1898
fair dinkum1904
plurry1907
Pygmalion1914
dinkum1915
beaucoup1918
dirty1920
molto1923
snorting1924
honking1929
hellishing1931
thumpingly1948
way1965
mega1966
mondo1968
seriously1970
totally1972
mucho1978
stonking1990
971 Blickl. Hom. 27 He hine lædde upon swiþe hea dune.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 13 Se weg is swyþe rum þe to forspillednesse gelæt.
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1140 Hit ward sone suythe god pais.
c1250 Hymn Virgin 2 in Trin. Coll. Hom. App. 257 Moder milde flur of alle Þu ert leuedi swuþe treowe.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5616 Þe king..auised hym suiþe wel, wat man it were.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 293 Þe water of þat welle is swiþe good for men and nouȝt for wommen.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 14335 Vn-til his fader he made a bone. & he hit herde squiþe sone.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2 In Rome was an emperour, A man of swyth mikil honur.
c1450 Hymns Virgin, etc. (1867) 119 The iiijte day ys swythe longe, With wepynge & wyth sorow amonge.
3. At a rapid rate, very quickly, swiftly, rapidly. Now archaic or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adverb]
yeverlyeOE
cofeOE
snellya1000
whatlichea1000
swiftlyc1000
yernea1023
skeetc1175
swithc1175
whatec1175
lightly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
swithc1275
fastc1300
quickc1300
titec1300
quicklya1325
rada1325
snellc1330
titelyc1330
swithly?1370
hastlya1375
ketlya1375
ketec1380
speedlyc1380
speedfully1398
keenlya1400
skeetlya1400
speedilya1400
swiftc1400
yederlyc1400
apacea1423
rasha1475
runninglyc1475
speedful?c1480
rackly?a1500
rashly1533
stiffly1535
roundly1548
post1549
fleet1587
fleetly1598
speedy1601
raptly1646
fastisha1650
wingedly1651
rapidly1653
rapid1677
velociously1680
express1765
quicklike1782
spankingly1803
spankily1842
fleetingly1883
quick-foot1891
on the quick-foot1894
zippily1924
α.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14209 Ut of Eouerwike..heo i-wende. & touward Karliun tuhte swa swie swa heo mahte.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 5540 To his folk he com ful swiþe, And of his comyng hij weren bliþe.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1424 Þe howndeȝ..hastid þider swyþe.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiii. 150 It es ane of þe swythest rynnand waters of þe werld.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 744 Þe day passiþ swiþe.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 39 Late hem nowt sethe to swythe, & þan lat hem kele.
β. a1352 L. Minot Poems v. 67 Þe schipmen of Ingland sailed ful swith Þat none of þe Normandes fro þam might skrith.c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 816 Olyuer sone y-seȝ þat cas & swyþþer bi-gan to haste.c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 583 The Pardoner ran so swith, þe pan fil hym fro.a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 171 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Swannis suowchand full swyth swetest of sware.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13156 Whan I hade lengit qwile me list, I launchit on swith.1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 40 But daffin jigs, an' sangs, an' tales, Sped far too swith the hours on.
4.
a. Quickly, without delay, forthwith, instantly, immediately, directly, at once. Also as int. = Quick! hence! away! Now archaic or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
anon-rightc1225
anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adverb]
yeverlyeOE
cofeOE
snellya1000
whatlichea1000
swiftlyc1000
yernea1023
skeetc1175
swithc1175
whatec1175
lightly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
swithc1275
fastc1300
quickc1300
titec1300
quicklya1325
rada1325
snellc1330
titelyc1330
swithly?1370
hastlya1375
ketlya1375
ketec1380
speedlyc1380
speedfully1398
keenlya1400
skeetlya1400
speedilya1400
swiftc1400
yederlyc1400
apacea1423
rasha1475
runninglyc1475
speedful?c1480
rackly?a1500
rashly1533
stiffly1535
roundly1548
post1549
fleet1587
fleetly1598
speedy1601
raptly1646
fastisha1650
wingedly1651
rapidly1653
rapid1677
velociously1680
express1765
quicklike1782
spankingly1803
spankily1842
fleetingly1883
quick-foot1891
on the quick-foot1894
zippily1924
α.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 13 Stala and steorfa swiðe eow scal hene.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 174 Ga & slep swiðe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12873 We þe scullen fusen to swa we hit swiðest maȝen don [c1300 Otho so swiþe so we mawe do].
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 140 He sende writes sone on-on..That he shulden comen swiþe Til him, that was ful vnbliþe.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1086 Ðis angeles..Bid him or day redi ben, And swiðe ut ðis burges flen.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 921 Aftur swaginge of swinc swiþe comeþ ioie.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) John xiii. 27 That thing that thou doist, do thou swithe.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iv. sig. Aiiii That chal gammer swythe and tyte, and sone be here agayne.
1907 J. Davidson Triumph Mammon v. ii Wherefore upon rebellion swithe I loosed With my own hand the reservoir of death.
β. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1902 Sco went forth and com ful suith [rhyme eftsith].c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 390 He stroke him sadde and sore. Squith squonut he thore.c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 474 Sethun þay busket hom ȝare, Sqwith, wythowtun any mare.1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 319 Till armys swyth and makys ȝow ȝar!a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1116 ‘Swith,’ he seith, ‘That this be done.’1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. ii. 61 Switht the cluddis, hevin, sone, and days licht Hid.1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 971 Swyith, harlote, hy the hence.1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 625 Let him swyith in.?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Evi Then called I the Shoemaker and Smyth, The Tanner graisier and the Vintener: Who ready were at hand and came full swith.1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 129 Pray thee (good Bille,) tell me swith and soone, Iockie may doe what Billy late has done.1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 34 Between your Houghs gae clap your Gelding, Swith hame and feast upon a Spelding.1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i Swith tak him deel, he's our lang out of hell!1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 427 Kings and nations, swith, awa!1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xix. 110 My Ladye reads you swith return.1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 20 Swith he left his pipe and plaid.1900 C. Murray Winter in Hamewith viii Swith to the fleer ilk eager chiel Bangs wi' his lass to start the reel.
†b. as (als, also) swithe as (als swither), as soon as. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > immediately [phrase] > as soon as
as rathe as (also so rather so, swa rathe swa)OE
not so soon…(that) or but (that)1390
as (als, also) swithe as (als swither)a1400
no sooner…, but, than, or when1560
how soon (that)c1600
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8167 Alsuith sum[Gött. Also suith as] he þat king had knaun, He said, ‘sir welcum to þin aun.’
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 489 Alsuiþe als he was made.
c1400 Gamelyn (Harl.) 541 As swithe as thei haddyn wroken hem on her foon.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 687 Als squithur [emended in ed. to als squith as] þay ar ȝare, To masse ar thay wente.
†c. as swith: (elliptical) as soon as possible, at once, immediately. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 1016 Ryȝt wyth þat wurde aswyþe she ryst.
c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 539 Thou schalt be slayn as swithe.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1400 To soper þay ȝede asswyþe.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 623 A sithe Made for lupyne is upp to honge aswithe.
c1440 Morte Arth. 29 There the knight is dede as swithe.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 153 His ansuer he tald alswith.
1501 G. Douglas Palace of Honour (1787) i. lxvii. 31 Alswyth Do write the sentence.
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