- ON
veifa "wave, flag"); OE
wifer "arrow, missile; sword";
swivel (< OE
swifan + el);
waive < waif ("ownerless, homeless") (< ON veif); gimp (< OF wimpil...
- (or seorðan, ON serða), to co****te; and "swive" had
derived from
earlier swīfan, to
revolve i.e. to
swivel (compare modern-day "****"). As late as the...
