sweete

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sweete

Obsolete spelling of sweet

Noun[edit]

sweete (plural sweetes)

Obsolete spelling of sweet

Anagrams[edit]

etwees, tweese

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English swēte.

Adjective[edit]

sweete

Alternative form of swete
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
  Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
  Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants[edit]

Scots: sweet
English: sweet

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