Type Word & Element Usage Anglo-Saxon Meaning & History Old English word meaning "strong". Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesswinþs(Gothic) swenþaz(Old Germanic) swind(Old High German) swith(Old Saxon) Given Name DescendantsÆlfswiþ, Cyneswiþ, Ealhswiþ, Friðuswiþ, Swiðhun(Anglo-Saxon) Frideswide, Swithin, Swithun(History) Same Spellingswith