† ˈswoty, a. Obs.
Also 3 swoti, swati.
[OE. swátiᵹ sweaty, bloody = MLG. swêtich, early Flem. sweetigh, MHG. sweiȥec (G. schweissig), ON. sveitugr: see swote and -y1.]
= sweaty 2.
| c 893 ælfred Oros. iii. ix. 124 Þa ongan he hine baðian þæron swa swatiᵹne. a 1225 Ancr. R. 104 Swoti [v.r. swati] hateren. a 1275 Prov. ælfred 292 in O.E. Misc. 121 Gif he for-swunken swoti wuere. c 1400 Destr. Troy 2366 My horse, þat hote was of Rennyng, All swoty for..his swift course. |