Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swaip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: swaip
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To walk proudly; to sweep along.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Och, for his swaiping! That was a lucky job for him, —the ill-favored, foul-mouthed blackguard, heretic and villain thief!"
"But Ayas swaiped aside among the crowd, Aflush with hate and burning discontent: And many murmured at him: for, said they, “Hamil at least doth surely mean us well!“"
"It is in good manners to swaip / But only when just celebrating / Without malice and arrogance / To show accomplishment once"

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: swaipen, sveipa, swāpan, *swaipaną

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

swaips (present, singular) swaiping (participle, present) swaiped (participle, past) swaiped (past)

Questions

What does swaip mean?: To walk proudly; to sweep along.
Where does swaip come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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