swiþra
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From, and identical to, the comparative of swīþ (“strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswiːθ.rɑ/, [ˈswiːð.rɑ]
Adjective
swīþra
- right (direction)
- Hire wæs sē swīðra sċanca hwēne sċyrtra þonne sē winestra.
- Her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
- 11th century, Against a dwarf:
- Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan.
- Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.
Declension
Declension of swīþra — Weak only
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | swīþra | swīþre | swīþre |
| Accusative | swīþran | swīþran | swīþre |
| Genitive | swīþran | swīþran | swīþran |
| Dative | swīþran | swīþran | swīþran |
| Instrumental | swīþran | swīþran | swīþran |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | swīþran | swīþran | swīþran |
| Accusative | swīþran | swīþran | swīþran |
| Genitive | swīþra, swīþrena | swīþra, swīþrena | swīþra, swīþrena |
| Dative | swīþrum | swīþrum | swīþrum |
| Instrumental | swīþrum | swīþrum | swīþrum |