† swalterv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To wade, splash.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid
wadec1220
swalter?a1400
paddle1530
dabble1611
squash1671
slush1853
sqush1929
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water
swalter?a1400
puddle1440
swalperc1540
swatter?1553
poss1575
soss1575
dabble1611
dibble1622
switter?a1800
plouter1808
squatter1808
slosh1844
splosh1930
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3925 He..Slippes in in the sloppes o-slante to þe girdylle, Swalters upe swyftly with his swerde drawene.
1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow i. 227 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 288 Than rany of þe reidhewch..licht lap at a lyn he felȝeit and he fell In And hoge was sa haisty That he sualterit him by.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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