swifan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *swībaną (“to move”). Cognate with Old Frisian swīva, swīfa (“to waver”), Old Norse svífa (“to drift, ramble, rove”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (sweiban). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswiː.fɑn/, [ˈswiː.vɑn] === Verb === swīfan to move in a course, revolve to sweep to intervene ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: swyven, swyve, swyfe (Northern)English: swiveMiddle Scots: swyfe, swyve ⇒ Middle English: swift English: swift