Old English · adjective
swipor
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈswi.por/
- Syllables
- ˈswi · por (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- swipperastuteshiftycunning
Meaning
-
cunning, astute
-
shifty
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swipor | swipor | swipor |
| Accusative | swiperne | swipre | swipor |
| Genitive | swipres | swipre | swipres |
| Dative | swiprum | swipre | swiprum |
| Instrumental | swipre | swipre | swipre |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swipre | swipraswipre | swipor |
| Accusative | swipre | swipraswipre | swipor |
| Genitive | swipra | swipra | swipra |
| Dative | swiprum | swiprum | swiprum |
| Instrumental | swiprum | swiprum | swiprum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swipra | swipre | swipre |
| Accusative | swipran | swipran | swipre |
| Genitive | swipran | swipran | swipran |
| Dative | swipran | swipran | swipran |
| Instrumental | swipran | swipran | swipran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swipran | swipran | swipran |
| Accusative | swipran | swipran | swipran |
| Genitive | swipraswiprena | swipraswiprena | swipraswiprena |
| Dative | swiprum | swiprum | swiprum |
| Instrumental | swiprum | swiprum | swiprum |
All forms (8)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swipr, from Proto-Germanic *swipraz (“quick, skilful, smart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep”). Compare Old Norse svipull, svipall (“changeable, shifty”).
Descendants
swipper
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