swithenv.

Forms: ( swidden, swizzen).

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse sviðna.

Etymology: < Old Norse sviðna to be singed (compare Old Norse sviðningr clearing of land made by burning, Danish svidning burning, singeing): see swithe v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswithen.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive. = swithe v. 1. Also intransitive to be singed.

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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xx. 471 The northeast winde..is sharpe and swithning, verie hurtfull for all sortes of plants.

1690 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, & Event Bks. (1885) IV. 138 The ground being very chapt and grasse exceedingly swithened.

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 72 To Swizzen, to Singe.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 358 Swidden, to singe, or burn off, as heath, &c.

1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.)

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Swidden, Swizzen, or Sizzen, to singe, as flannel too near the fire. Swiddening, scorching.

1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 112 And a shirt that is scorched at the fire; [they say,] ‘Diz tha see? Lawks a massy! it swizzens!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	swithen
释义	swithenv. Forms: ( swidden, swizzen). Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse sviðna. Etymology: < Old Norse sviðna to be singed (compare Old Norse sviðningr clearing of land made by burning, Danish svidning burning, singeing): see swithe v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswithen. Obsolete exc. dialect. transitive. = swithe v. 1. Also intransitive to be singed. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > like heat or fire burnc1374 swithen1600 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > be subjected or exposed to heat or fire [verb (intransitive)] > suffer damage or injury by heat or fire > be singed swithen1876 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xx. 471 The northeast winde..is sharpe and swithning, verie hurtfull for all sortes of plants. 1690 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, & Event Bks. (1885) IV. 138 The ground being very chapt and grasse exceedingly swithened. 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 72 To Swizzen, to Singe. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 358 Swidden, to singe, or burn off, as heath, &c. 1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.) 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Swidden, Swizzen, or Sizzen, to singe, as flannel too near the fire. Swiddening, scorching. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 112 And a shirt that is scorched at the fire; [they say,] ‘Diz tha see? Lawks a massy! it swizzens!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1600
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