swive

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Definition of swive in English English dictionary

To copulate with (a woman)

Etymology

() From Middle English swiven, from Old English swīfan (“to move, sweep, wend, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *swīfanan, *swīpanan (“to wipe, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weip-, *(s)weib- (“to twist, wind around, swing, sweep, bend”). Cognate with Old Frisian swīva, swīfa (“to waver”), Old Norse svīfa (“to drift, ramble, rove”). Related to Old English swift (“swift”), Middle English swyvel (“swivel”).

Tenses

swiving, swived