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swíþe

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swíþe, <b>. II a.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
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  • Hié þæt dydon for þǽm swíþost þe hié þóhtan þæt hié siþþan hiora underþeówas wǽren,

      Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 22; 3, 9; S. 132, 13.
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  • Wé ne mihton secgan swá swíðe embe þæt swá swá wé woldon,

      Hex. 2, 4.
  • Gemetegung, mid þǽre sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætegian, ꝥ hit tó swíþe ne sý, ne tó hwónlíce,

      Hml. S. 1, 162.
  • Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 24.
the comparative marking preference,
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  • Ðú þone wiðfeohtend mé helan woldest swýðor þonne mínum ðegnum secgean

    rebellem celare quam militibus reddere maluisti,

      Bd. 1. 7; Sch. 21, 15.
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