different between saithe vs swithe

English

Etymology

From Old Norse seið and Gaelic saigh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?ð/, /se??/

Noun

saithe (plural saithes)

1. The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens).

Anagrams

• Hastie, Hestia, shatei

English

Etymology

From Middle English swithe, swythe, from Old English sw?þe (“very much, exceedingly, severely, violently, fiercely, especially, exceedingly”), from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz, *swenþaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *swent- (“active, healthy”). More at swith.

Adverb

swithe (comparative swither, superlative swithest)

1. Alternative form of swith
   • 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), John xiii. 27

     That thou doest, do thou swithe.

   • c. 1360, John Mandeville (accredited), The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

     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.

References

Anagrams

• Whites, whites, withes

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swinþ (“strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?swi?ðe/

Adverb

sw?the

1. very

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: swied
• West Frisian: swiid

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN