swippen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === swype === Etymology === Inherited from Old English swipian, from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan; compare swepen and swopen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswipən/ === Verb === swippen (third-person singular simple present swippeth, present participle swippynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative swipte, past participle swipt) (with preposition) To strike, hit or attack. (transitive, religion) To move with haste; to speed. ==== Usage notes ==== Before Late Middle English, this verb is only found in the past tense. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: swip >? English: swipe Scots: soop ==== References ==== “swippen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.