rare. [f. SWIFT a.] intr. To move swiftly; to hasten.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Mem. Mortalitie, II. iv. Time fits as Winde, and as a Torrent swifteth.
1722. Ramsay, Three Bonnets, IV. 169. Between your houghs gae clap your gelding, Swift hame and feast upon a spelding.
