An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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A. S. _swip-an_, Isl. _swip-a_, cito agere; Isl. _swipr_, subita apparentia.
~Swipperlie~, ~Swippertly~, _adv._ Swiftly.
_Douglas._
SWYRE, _s._ The neck, &c.
V. ~Sware~.
_To_ SWIRK, _v. n._ To spring with velocity.
Allied perh. to E. _jerk_, or Belg. _schrikk-en_, to start.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SWIRL, _v. n._
1. To whirl like a vortex, S.
2. Used improperly to denote the motion of a s.h.i.+p in sailing.
_P. Buch. Dial._
Su. G. _swarfw-a_, Isl. _swirr-a_, to be hurried round.
~Swirl~, _s._ The whirling motion of a fluid body, S.
_Douglas._
SWIRL, _s._ A twist or contortion in the grain of wood, S.
~Swirlie~, _adj._
1. Full of twists, contorted; applied to wood.
_Burns._
2. Entangled; applied to gra.s.s that lies in various positions, S.
SWITH, SWYTH, SWYITH, _adv._
1. Quickly; _als swyth_, as soon.
_Douglas._
2. Equivalent to "be gone," "avast," S.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
Isl. _swey_, apage; Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
~Swithnes~, _s._ Swiftness.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_To_ SWOICH, SWOUCH, _v. n._ To emit a hollow whistling sound.
V. ~Souch~, _v._
SWONCHAND, _part. pr._ Vibrating.
Germ. _swenck-en_, mot.i.tare.
_Houlate._
SWOON, _s._ Corn is _in the swoon_, when, although the strength of the seed is exhausted, the plant has not fairly struck root, S. B. In this state, the blade appears sickly and faded.
A. S. _swinn-an_, to decay.
SWORd.i.c.k, _s._ Spotted blenny; so denominated from its form, Orkn.
_Barry._
SWORDSLIPERS, _s. pl._ Swordcutlers.
_Knox._
Teut. _slyp-en_, acuere, exterere aciem ferri; Su. G. _slip-a_, id.
SWORL, _s._ A whirling motion.
V. ~Swirl~.
_Douglas._
SWOURN. L. _smoryt_, smothered.
