swote

• sƿōte (wynn spelling)

From West Germanic *swōtō ~ *swōtē. Cognate with Old High German suozo. Equivalent to swēte +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswoː.te/

swōte

1. sweetly
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Oleō: iċ stince swōte.

     Oleo: I smell sweet.

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Þā āhlēop se līchama sōna upp of þǣm wætere and þæt hēafod on ōðerre stōwe, and se līchama stanc and þæt hēafod swā swōte swā rosan blōstma and līlian.

     Then the body suddenly jumped out of the water, along with the head in another place, and the body and the head both smelled as sweet as a blossom of roses and lilies.