And he hæfde a swithe god wif & he heo leouede alse his lif.
The speris craketh swithe thikke, So doth on hegge sterre-stike.
Men seth ofte a muche file, They he serue boten a wile, Bicomen swithe riche.
And Arthur sæt ful stille, ænne stunde he wes blac, and on heuwe swithe wak, ane while he wes reod.
Vbbe dubbede him to knith, With a swerd ful swithe brith.
The kyng fro the conseil cam, And called after Mede, 1560 And of sente hire as swithe With sergeauntz manye, And broughte hire to boure With blisse and with joye.
Thereof he aren swithe fagen, and mid here migt tharto he dragen, sipes onfesten, and alle up gangen.
Petrus cwæth: "This is swithe wundorlic thing and thearle to wafienne.
The prose translation runs thus:-- Thu gestatholadest eorthan swithe wundorlice and fæstlice thæt he ne helt on nane healfe .
The quotation relates how Alfred set to work to construct a navy:-- Thy ilcan geare drehton tha hergas on East Englum and on Northhymbrum West Seaxna lond swithe be thæm suth stæthe .
They lete make in a Chirche As swithe feire g{ra}ue wyrche.
Tho cam thei lepe thedeward; that be-fe[l~l] them swithe hard.
Doun than cam his brother · that fikil was and fel, [649] And was swithe sore · agast of the pestel.
He let him shrive swithe sone, To make his soule fair and cleue, To for our leuedi heven queen, That sche schuld for him be, To for her son in trinité.
And Owain seigh ther ouer ligge A swithe strong naru brigge: The fendes seyd tho; "Lo!
Merry swithe it is in halle, When the beards waveth alle.
There the line runs,-- Swithe mury hit is in halle, When burdes waiven alle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swithe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
