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swipu

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
swipu, e; swipu(-e), an; f.: swipa (?), an; m.
literal,
a scourge, whip, rod
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  • Suibæ

    mastigia,

      Txts. 78, 641.
  • Swipe,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 22.
  • Swipa (-n?) anguilla vel

    scutica,

    i.
      21, 16.
  • Sweopan

    fla[g]ri,

    ii.
      37, 64.
  • Áwundenre suipan, suiopan

    verbere torto,

      Txts. 104, 1051.
  • Nim mere*-*swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid ðone man,

      Lchdm. ii. 334, 2.
  • Ðám gelíc ðe Crist ádrǽfde mid swipe of ðam temple,

      L. Ælfc. C. 27; Th. ii. 352, 21.
  • Suiopan, suipan

    mastigium,

      Txts. 77, 1276.
  • Swipan,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 55. 26.
  • Hé worhte swipan (suuopa, Lind.: swiopa, Rush.) of strengon

    flagellum de funiculis,

      Jn. Skt. 2, 15.
  • Sweopan,

      Salm. Kmbl. 219; Sal. 109.
  • Hé worhte áne swipe of rápum,

      Homl. Th. i. 406, 7.
  • Leádene swipa and óðre gepílede swipa wurdon forð áborene,

      424, 20.
  • Swipena

    flagrorum, i. flagellorum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 30: Hpt. Gl. 487, 58.
  • Swipum mastigiis, flagris, 487, 49:

    flagris,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 70.
  • Suiopum,

      108, 74.
  • Mid sweopum sleán,

      Exon. Th. 88, 18; Cri. 1442.
  • Mid sweopum swingan,

      253, 30; Jul. 188.
  • Sweopum seolfrenum,

      Salm. Kmbl. 287; Sal. 143.
  • Hí hine swungon mid ísenum swipum,

      Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 23.
  • Mið swiopum (suuippum, Lind.) giðorscenne flagellis caesum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 15. I a. that with which a stroke is struck, a sword (?), a javelin (?) :-- Swypu

    romphea,

      Germ. 398, 189.
  • Frome folctogan faraþ him tógegnes, habbaþ leóht speru lange sceaftas, swíðmóde sweopan, swenga ne wyrnaþ, deórra dynta,

      Salm. Kmbl. 243; Sal. 121.
figurative,
affliction, chastisement
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  • Swipu ne geneálǽcþ ðínum getealde

    flagellum non appropinquabit tabernaculo tuo,

      Ps. Lamb. 90, 10.
  • Ne mæg heard sweopu weorðan húse ðínum on neáweste,

      Ps. Th. 90, 10.
  • Ðære uplecan ðreá sweopon

    supernae flagella districtionis,

      Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 2.
  • Ic wylle swingan eów mid ðám smeartestum swipum, ðæt is, ic wítnige eów mid ðám wyrstan wíte,

      Wulfst. 295, 11.
  • Synna suippum,

      Rtl. 42, 21.
  • Suyppa ðínes uraððo,

      8, 35.
  • Syuipa,

      41, 35.
  • Syppo,

      15, 25.
  • Swipa

    mastigias,

      Hpt. Gl. 527, 27.
Etymology
[Gief he fend were, me sceolden eter gat ȝemete mid gode repples and stiarne swepen, O. E. Homl. i. 231, 21. Crist wrohhte an swepe, Orm. 15562. Icel. svipa a whip: Ger. schwippe a lash, switch. Cf. Prompt. Parv. sweype for a top, or scoorge flagellum.]
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