† Swepe v.

Obs. Also 8 Sc. sweap. [? f. SWEPE sb.¹ or ad. ON. svipa to whip. Cf. SWIP v.] trans. To scourge. Also † Sweping vbl. sb.

a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter xxxiv. [xxxv.] 15. Samened on me swepinges [L. flagella]. Ibid., xxxvii[i]. 18 [17]. In swepinges am I dight.

1710.  Ruddiman, Gloss. Douglas’ Æneis, s.v. Swipper, Sweap, Scot.,… signifying to scourge.