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svip

svip

Danish

Noun

svip n (singular definite svippet, plural indefinite svip)

  1. flick, swish
    i en svip, i et svip‎
    in an instant
  2. short trip (sviptur)
  3. madness, anger (få svip)

Inflection

Icelandic

Noun

svip

  1. indefinite accusative singular of svip

Volapük

Noun

svip ‎(plural svips)

  1. broom

Declension

Etymology

From svippe ‎(“to smack; crack a whip”), from Old Norse svipa ‎(“to move swiftly; whip”), from Proto-Germanic *swipōną ‎(“to move”). Compare Old English swipu ‎(“a scourge, whip”). More at swipe.

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