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swipian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
swipian, sweopian; p. ode
To scourge, strike, beat, lash
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  • Hafaþ hé gyrde lange and ðone feónd sweopaþ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 185, MS. A.; Sal. 92.
  • Rodor swipode meredeáða mǽst

    the destroying sea lashed the skies,

      Cd. Th. 207, 8; Exod. 463.
Etymology
[Icel. svipa to whip; to move swiftly.]
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v. swippan.
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v.  swippan.
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