swiþost

• swīðost, sƿīþost

Superlative of swīþe (“very”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈswiːθost/, [ˈswiːðost]

swīþost

1. especially, mostly, most
   • late 10th century, Ælfric

     Menn behōfiaþ gōdre lāre, swīðost on þissum tīman.

     People are in need of good teaching, especially at this time.

   • c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan

     Swīðost hē fōr þider for þām horshwalum, for þām hīe habbaþ swīðe æðele bān on heora tōðum.

     Mostly he went there for the walruses, since they have very fine ivory in their teeth.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"

     Þā cōm God þǣrtō þā þā hīe swīðost worhton, and sealde ǣlcum menn þe þǣr wæs synderlīċe sprǣċe.

     Then God came there when they were working hardest, and gave everyone who was there a separate language.

• mǣst
• synderlīċe