swete
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English swēte, swōt, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
swete
- sweet, pleasant-tasting
- sweet in smell
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3690-3691:
- But first he cheweth greyn and lycorys / To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer.
- Though first he chews spices and licorice, / To smell sweet before he'd combed his hair.
- pleasant, likeable
- loved, dear, precious
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “swẹ̄t(e (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-09.
Noun
swete (plural swetes)
- sweetness in taste or smell
- pleasantness, euphoria, bliss
References
- “swẹ̄te (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-09.
Etymology 2
From Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-. The vocalism was sometimes influenced by swǣtan.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɛːt/, /ˈswɔːt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Northern ME" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈswɑːt/
Noun
swete (plural swetes)
Descendants
Old English
Alternative forms
- sƿēte — wynn spelling
Etymology
From earlier *swœ̄tī, from Anglo-Frisian *swōtī, from West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus. Cognate with Old Frisian swēte, Old Saxon swōti, Old Dutch suoti, Old High German suozi, Old Norse sœtr, Latin suavis, Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), Sanskrit स्वादु (svādu).
Pronunciation
Adjective
swēte
Declension
Declension of swēte — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | swēte | swētu, swēto | swēte |
Accusative | swētne | swēte | swēte |
Genitive | swētes | swētre | swētes |
Dative | swētum | swētre | swētum |
Instrumental | swēte | swētre | swēte |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | swēte | swēta, swēte | swētu, swēto |
Accusative | swēte | swēta, swēte | swētu, swēto |
Genitive | swētra | swētra | swētra |
Dative | swētum | swētum | swētum |
Instrumental | swētum | swētum | swētum |
Declension of swēte — Weak
Derived terms
Descendants
Categories:
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English terms with quotations
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Bodily fluids
- enm:Taste
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives