sväva

“sväva” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

to float (in the air), to hover, to soar
to brake with the oars (during rowing); row backwards (with the face towards the stern)

From Old Swedish svæva‚ likely borrowed from Middle Low German swēven, from Old Saxon *swivian, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną. Doublet of sviva.

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