swiþan

Old English

verb

Definitions

to strengthen, support
to exercise strength, prevail

Etymology

Suffix from Old English swīþ (strong, violent, powerful, severe, active, mighty).

Origin

Old English

swīþ

Gloss

strong, violent, powerful, severe, active, mighty

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

強

Emoji

💪 🐂 🐅 🐆 🐗 🐯

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*swinþaz Proto-Germanic
Ealhswiþ Old English
swiþe Old English
swiþferhþ Old English
swiþlic Old English
swiþness Old English
swīþ Old English
þryþswiþ Old English
swith Middle English