sweete

English

Adjective

sweete

  1. Obsolete spelling of sweet

Noun

sweete (plural sweetes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sweet

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English swēte.

Adjective

sweete

  1. 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
  • Scots: sweet
  • English: sweet
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