swaip

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*swaipaną“to sweep, swing, hurl, fling”
2. Old English · inherited fromswāpan“to sweep”
3. Old Norse · derived fromsveipa“to sweep, stroke”
4. Middle English · inherited fromswaipen“to strike, scourge”
5. English todayswaip

From Middle English swaipen (“to strike, scourge”), from Old Norse sveipa (“to sweep, stroke”) and/or Old English swāpan (“to sweep”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep, swing, hurl, fling”). Doublet of swoop.

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