† ˈswithly, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 swiþ-, swið-, suiðlice, 2–3 swiþe-, swiðelic(c)he, 4 swyþely, 4–5 swythly, 6 sweythyli, Sc. swy(i)thlie.
[OE. sw{iacu}þl{iacu}ce, f. sw{iacu}þ strong, etc.: see swith and -ly2.]
1. = swith adv. 1, 2.
| c 888 ælfred Boeth. xxxvi. §4 Me ðincð nu þæt þin ᵹecynd & ðin ᵹewuna flite swiðe swiðlice wið ðæm dysiᵹe. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxvii. 14 Se dema wundrode swiþlice. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 45 We aȝen þene sunne dei swiþeliche wel to wurþien. c 1205 Lay. 4421 And þe king him answerede swiðeliche fæire. |
2. = swith adv. 3, 4.
| 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1479 Sir Wawen Settez hir sof[t]ly by his syde, & swyþely ho laȝez. ? 1370 Robt. Cicyle (Harl. MS. 525) in Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) I. 185 The sexteyne of the cherche att last Swythly to hym he ganne goo fast. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. (Dublin MS.) 1184 Þe Bishop..Gase hym downe..Swythly to þe swyers & þaim þe sware ȝeldez. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 99 And the trew treuth swyithlie I sall him schaw. 15.. King & Barker 104 in Hazl. E.P.P. (1864) I. 9 The hors sped him sweythyli, he sped him wonderley fast. |