a. Obs. Also 3 swoti, swati. [OE. swátiʓ sweaty, bloody = MLG. swêtich, early Flem. sweetigh, MHG. sweiʓec (G. schweissig), ON. sveitugr: see SWOTE and -Y1.] = SWEATY 2.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., III. ix. 124. Þa ongan he hine baðian þæron swa swatiʓne.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 104. Swoti [v.r. swati] hateren.
a. 1275. Prov. Ælfred, 292, in O. E. Misc., 121. Gif he for-swunken swoti wuere.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 2366. My horse, þat hote was of Rennyng, All swoty for … his swift course.
