Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *swīpaną Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_swīpaną

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verb Strong class 1 to sweep to move quickly Closely related to the strong verb *swībaną. It seems to have adopted the -p- from the iterative verb *swippōną. Ultimately from *ksweybʰ- (‘to move swiftly, swing, whip’).