swopen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === swapen, swope, zuope === Etymology === From Old English swāpan, from Proto-West Germanic *swaipan, from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswɔ̝ːpən/, /ˈswoːpən/ === Verb === swopen (third-person singular simple present swopeth, present participle swopynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative swep, past participle swopen) To sweep debris or litter away. (religion) To cleanse or purge evil influences. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: swoop Scots: swap, swape, swaip ==== References ==== “swōpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.