sweete

English

Adjective

sweete

1. Obsolete spelling of sweet.

Noun

sweete (plural sweetes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sweet.

Anagrams

• etwees, tweese

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