swinge

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English swengan: to shatter to Middle English swenge

[edit] Verb

to swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swingeing, simple past and past participle swingeed)

1. (obsolete) To singe.
2. (archaic) To lash.
3. (archaic) To strike hard.
   • Aphra Behn (1640-89) The Feigned Courtesans. This edition: (The plays of) Aphra Behn. Oxford University press 2000. p.233. ISBN 0192834517

     Sir Feeble: Tis jelousy, the old worm that bites. [To Sir Cautious] Whom is it that you suspect.

     Sir Cautious: Alas I know not whom to suspect, I would I did; but if you discover him, I would swinge him.

[edit] Noun

swinge (plural swinges)

1. (archaic) A swinging blow.