swipperadj.

/ˈswɪpə/

Forms: Middle English swiper(e, swyper, Middle English–1500s Scottish swepyr, Middle English swypir, swypyr, swepir, sweper, 1500s swip(p)ir, swypper, shwyper, 1500s– swipper.

Etymology: representing (with change of meaning) Old English swipor , geswipor crafty, cunning, corresponding to Old High German swephar , sweffar , swepfar , also swef(f)ari , sweffri , in the same sense; < swip- to move quickly, root of swip v. Compare Low German swipp(e clever, Old Norse svipull fickle. In Middle English texts the p has been sometimes misread as þ , and this again changed to th . The Scots variant swippert is found from the 18th cent.; for the form compare sweert adj. = sweer adj.

Now dialect.

Quick, nimble, active.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

lightsome1567

wimble1579

nimble jointed1591

nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 361 Aristotle..was sweper [some MSS. sweþer, swyþer; ed. 1527 shwyper] and swift, and cleer of witte.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxi. (Tollem. MS.) Þe swalowe is..swiper and most swyfte of flyȝte.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 5221 Swypir [v.r. swepir] feendly hand with strook vengeable.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 484/1 Swypyr, or delyvyr, agilis.

c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 514 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 165 Þane Iosaphus, as a wicht man & swepyr alswa, a swerd gat.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 20 Als fery and als swipper as a page.

1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 47 Swipper, nimble, quick.

1875 E. Waugh Old Cronies viii. 95 They were a lot o' th swipper'st stark'est, lads i' Christendom, wur th' Lancashire Volunteers.

Derivatives

† ˈswipperly adv. Obsolete quickly, nimbly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly

lighteOE

lightly?a1200

wightlyc1330

deliverlya1375

swipperly?a1400

wakerly?a1400

wighta1400

yaplya1400

featlyc1400

nimblyc1450

lightsomely1561

nimble1568

wimbly1594

yarelya1616

yare1622

featilya1640

agilely1663

cleverly1686

spry1855

lissomely1902

spryly1905

cattishly1913

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and briskly

sharplya1000

smartc1300

smartlyc1300

spackc1330

wightlyc1330

spacklya1350

swipperly?a1400

wighta1400

nimblyc1450

quiverly1519

roundly1548

nimble1568

bragly1579

snap1583

yarelya1616

briskly1665

smartish1839

nippily1932

snappingly1976

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1128 Bot ȝit the kynge sweperly fulle swythe he by-swenkez.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1465 They..Swappez doune ffulle sweperlye swelltande knyghtez.

c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Taylor) 55 The squyppand watur, that squyperly [printed squytherly; cf. squeturly l. 540 infra] squoes.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. ii. 34 Furth fleand swepyrly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	swipper
释义	swipperadj. /ˈswɪpə/ Forms: Middle English swiper(e, swyper, Middle English–1500s Scottish swepyr, Middle English swypir, swypyr, swepir, sweper, 1500s swip(p)ir, swypper, shwyper, 1500s– swipper. Etymology: representing (with change of meaning) Old English swipor , geswipor crafty, cunning, corresponding to Old High German swephar , sweffar , swepfar , also swef(f)ari , sweffri , in the same sense; < swip- to move quickly, root of swip v. Compare Low German swipp(e clever, Old Norse svipull fickle. In Middle English texts the p has been sometimes misread as þ , and this again changed to th . The Scots variant swippert is found from the 18th cent.; for the form compare sweert adj. = sweer adj. Now dialect. Quick, nimble, active. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 361 Aristotle..was sweper [some MSS. sweþer, swyþer; ed. 1527 shwyper] and swift, and cleer of witte. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxi. (Tollem. MS.) Þe swalowe is..swiper and most swyfte of flyȝte. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 5221 Swypir [v.r. swepir] feendly hand with strook vengeable. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 484/1 Swypyr, or delyvyr, agilis. c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 514 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 165 Þane Iosaphus, as a wicht man & swepyr alswa, a swerd gat. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 20 Als fery and als swipper as a page. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 47 Swipper, nimble, quick. 1875 E. Waugh Old Cronies viii. 95 They were a lot o' th swipper'st stark'est, lads i' Christendom, wur th' Lancashire Volunteers. Derivatives † ˈswipperly adv. Obsolete quickly, nimbly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and briskly sharplya1000 smartc1300 smartlyc1300 spackc1330 wightlyc1330 spacklya1350 swipperly?a1400 wighta1400 nimblyc1450 quiverly1519 roundly1548 nimble1568 bragly1579 snap1583 yarelya1616 briskly1665 smartish1839 nippily1932 snappingly1976 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1128 Bot ȝit the kynge sweperly fulle swythe he by-swenkez. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1465 They..Swappez doune ffulle sweperlye swelltande knyghtez. c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Taylor) 55 The squyppand watur, that squyperly [printed squytherly; cf. squeturly l. 540 infra] squoes. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. ii. 34 Furth fleand swepyrly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1387
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