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Quotation dates: 1531
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Swithnes, Swythnes, n. [Swith(e adv., or ? altered f. Swiftnes n.] = Swiftnes n. b. —1531 Bell. Boece II 275.
Efter deith of Canute succedit his son Herald, namit, for his gret swithnes [M. swythnes], Hairfut
