v. Obs. [Cf. SWATTER v.] intr. To wade, splash.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 3925. He … Slippes in in the sloppes o-slante to þe girdylle, Swalters upe swyftly with his swerde drawene.
a. 1500. Colkelbie Sow, I. 228. Than Rany of þe Reidhewch … Licht lap at a lyn; He felyeit and he fell in; And Hoge was sa haisty That he sualterit him by.
