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verb
To walk proudly; to sweep along.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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History
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.
