"swaip" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: swaips [present, singular, third-person], swaiping [participle, present], swaiped [participle, past], swaiped [past]
Etymology: From Middle English swaipen (“to strike, scourge”), from Old Norse sveipa (“to sweep, stroke”) and/or Old English swāpan (“to sweep”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep, swing, hurl, fling”). Doublet of swoop. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swaipen|t=to strike, scourge}} Middle English swaipen (“to strike, scourge”), {{der|en|non|sveipa|t=to sweep, stroke}} Old Norse sveipa (“to sweep, stroke”), {{inh|en|ang|swāpan|t=to sweep}} Old English swāpan (“to sweep”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swaipaną|t=to sweep, swing, hurl, fling}} Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep, swing, hurl, fling”), {{dbt|en|swoop}} Doublet of swoop Head templates: {{en-verb}} swaip (third-person singular simple present swaips, present participle swaiping, simple past and past participle swaiped)
  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To walk proudly; to sweep along. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete

Inflected forms

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