▪ I. † swethe, v. Obs.
Also 5 sweethe.
[OE. *sweþian (in besweþian), related to swaþian to swathe (q.v.).]
trans. To swathe.
| c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 78 And swethe a tender vyne in bondes softe. Ibid. vi. 19 And swethed [v.r. sweethed] hem to geder se, Lest wyndes rude hem breke & ouerthrowe. |
▪ II. swethe
obs. form of swath.