swippen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English swipian, from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan; compare swepen and swopen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
swippen (third-person singular simple present swippeth, present participle swippynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative swipte, past participle swipt)
Usage notes edit
- Before Late Middle English, this verb is only found in the past tense.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of swippen (weak in -te)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “swippen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.