swiven

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • swyven, swyuen, swiwen, swywen, swyfen

Etymology

From Old English swīfan, from Proto-Germanic *swībaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswiːvən/

Verb

swīven (third-person singular simple present swīveth, present participle swīvende, swīvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle swīved)

  1. to have sexual intercourse; copulate.
    • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: Manciple's Prologue and Tale:
      On thy bed thy wif I sey hym swyue […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants
  • English: swive

References
  • Middle English Dictionary,
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