swinc

Old English

Alternative forms

• sƿinc — wynn spelling

Etymology

Deverbal from swincan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swink/, [swiŋk]

Noun

swinc n

1. toil, work, effort, hardship, labor

Declension

Declension of swinc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	swinc	swincu
accusative	swinc	swincu
genitive	swinces	swinca
dative	swince	swincum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• swincdagas (“days of tribulation”)
• swincful (“toilsome, painful, disastrous, distressful, arduous, diligent”)
• swincfulnes (“tribulation, trouble, trial, diligence”)
• swinclēas (“without toil”)

• swinclic (“laborious, manual (of work)”)
• swincnes (“hardship”)
• woruldgeswinc (“earthly toil, misery”)

Related terms

• geswinc

Descendants

• English: swink

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “SWINC”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.