v. dial. Also 4 sweyue, 9 swave. [ad. ON. *sveifa (cf. Norw. dial. sveiva to swing, sveiv whirl, vortex), related to svífa to rove, drift (see SWIVE).] intr. To move to and fro; to flow.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., C. 253. Þenne he [sc. the whale] swengez & swayues to þe se boþem.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. Prol. 10. As I lay and lened and loked in þe wateres, I slombred in a slepyng it sweyued [v.r. sweyed, A-text sownede, v.rr. swiȝede, swyed] so merye.
1847. Halliwell, Swave, to pass backward and forward Cumb.
1878. Cumbld. Gloss., Swayve.
