An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

SWITH, SWYTH, SWYITH, adv.
1. Quickly; als swyth, as soon.
Douglas.
2. Equivalent to "be gone," "avast," S.
Shirrefs.

Isl. swey, apage; Su. G. swig-a, loco cedere.

Swithnes, s. Swiftness.
Bellenden.

To SWOICH, SWOUCH, v. n. To emit a hollow whistling sound.
V. [Souch], v.

SWONCHAND, part. pr. Vibrating.

Germ. swenck-en, motitare.

Houlate.

SWOON, s. Corn is in the swoon, when, although the strength of the seed is exhausted, the plant has not fairly struck root, S. B. In this state, the blade appears sickly and faded.

A. S. swinn-an, to decay.

SWORDICK, s. Spotted blenny; so denominated from its form, Orkn.
Barry.