The Weekly Svithe

2007-04-22

The Svithe of the Two Socks

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Sunday: I need socks for church. I grab two seemingly identical Gold Toes from my drawer. But they are not identical: One has faded. I don't have time to change it.

At the end of the day, the faded sock has stayed up without fail.

The blacker sock has fallen down my calf over and over again.

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What is a svithe?

The word svithe is a portmanteau made by combining seven and tithe--the idea being that one day in the week, this blogger devotes himself to what he hopes is a higher sort of something.

With time, this original meaning has been broadened to something more like this:

A blogpost which is a) spiritually themed, b) on a blog generally not so wholly focused on spiritual things, and c) called a svithe.

Katya's definition:

svithe, n.

blend of seven and tithe

A Sunday blog post of a religious nature.
Any post on a religious (usu. Mormon) theme appearing on a personal blog whose subject matter is generally secular.

svithe, v.

To write or post a svithe.

-svithe, suffix

Combines with a proper name. Indicates a svithe by that person.

Asmond's definition:

A svithe is a post designed for the purport of uplifting the mind beyond the mundane, humorous and into the eternal.