swich

Middle English

Alternative forms

such, swilch, sweche, swuch, swulch
zuiche, zueche (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English swilċ, late variant of swylc, swelċ. For the loss of /l/, compare ech, which.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swit͡ʃ/

Adjective

swich

such
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:
  Whan that Auerill w^t his shoures soote / The droghte of march hath ꝑced to the roote / And bathed euery veyne in swich lycour / Of which v̄tu engendred is the flour […]
  When that April, with its sweet showers / Has pierced March's drought to the root / And bathed every vein in fluid such that / with its power, the flower is made […]

Descendants

English: such
Middle Scots: swilk
- Scots: sic
Yola: zitch, zetch, zitchel, zichel

References

“swich, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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