swive

Definition

To copulate with (a woman).

Etymology

From Middle English swiven, from Old English swīfan (“to move, sweep, wend, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *swībaną (“to wipe, sweep”). Cognate with Old Frisian swīva, swīfa (“to waver”), Old Norse svīfa (“to drift, ramble, rove”), Norwegian Nynorsk sviva (“to rotate, wander”). Related to Old English swift (“swift”), Middle English swyvel (“swivel”).

Example Sentences

• "'Tis sure the sauciest prick that e'er did swive"
• "“You were in such heat to swive me, you tore the clothes from your body.”"
• "He didn't intend to swive her here in the tiltyard, did he? Surely he was not so heathen as that."