different between swith vs stith

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English swith, from Old English sw?þ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”), from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *swento- (“active, healthy”). Cognate with Old Saxon sw?th, Middle High German swind (Modern German geschwind (“fast, quick, swift”)), Middle Low German swîde (Modern Low German swied (“very, quite”)), Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick, swift”), West Frisian swiid (“impressive, special”), Old Norse svinnr, Gothic ???????????????????????? (swinþs, “strong”). Related to sound.

Adjective

swith (comparative more swith, superlative most swith)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Strong; vehement.

Derived terms

• swithly

Etymology 2

From Middle English swith, swithe, from Old English sw?þe (“very much, exceedingly, severely, violently, fiercely”), from Proto-Germanic *swinþa (“strongly”), from Proto-Indo-European *swento- (“active, healthy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian swied (“very”), Low German swied (“quite, very”). Not cognate to superficially similar swift, as these have distinct PIE roots, though both share *swe- prefix in PIE.

Alternative forms

• swithe

Adverb

swith (comparative more swith, superlative most swith)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Quickly, speedily, promptly.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) Strongly; vehemently; very.

Anagrams

• Whits, whist, whits, wisht, withs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English stethi, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.

Noun

stith (plural stiths)

1. (obsolete) An anvil; a stithy.
   • 1584, Robert Greene, the Card of Fancy

     strike on the stith while the iron was hot

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Old English st?þ (“hard, cruel”), from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz. Compare also Old Frisian st?th.

Adjective

stith (comparative more stith, superlative most stith)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) strong; stiff; rigid

Anagrams

• Hitts, histt.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic root related to *stadiz and akin to Old Norse steði (“anvil”). Akin to Old English st?þ (“hard, cruel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sti??/

Adjective

st?th

1. strong

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
• “stithy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN