sb. Obs. Also 4 suaip, 5 sweype. [Corresp. in form to ON. sveipa (= OE. swápan to SWEEP, q.v.) and sveipr, but in sense to ON. svipa to whip, svipa whip. Cf. SWAPE, SWEPE.] A whip, scourge; also, a stroke, blow.
13[?]. Cursor M., 19355 (Edin.). Þan wiþ suaipis [Cott. suepes, Trin. swappes] þai þaim sung.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 482/1. Sweype, or swappe (S. or strok, supra, swype), alapa. Ibid., Sweype, for a top, or scoorge, flagellum.
So † Swaip v. trans., to scourge.
13[?]. Cursor M., 24007 (Edin.). Þair swaiping was sa smert. Ibid., 24024. Vp reufulli þai gan him raip, Ful snubnerlik him for to swaip.
