swyngen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- swingen, swyng, swynge, swyngge, swyngyn
- (Northern) squynge, suing
- (early) swingan, swingæn, swingenn
Etymology edit
From Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
swyngen
- To strike or land a blow:
- To flog, beat, or scourge.
- a. 1327, “Specimens of Lyric Poetry”, in Council of the Percy Society, volume XXVIII, published 1841, page 84:
- Jhesu, that wes milde ant fre, wes with spere y-stonge; He was nailed to the tre, with scourges y-swongen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- To chastise; to injure as punishment.
- To flog, beat, or scourge.
- (cooking) To beat or whip (eggs or milk)
- To dash, rush or charge.
- To (violently) hurl or fling.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of swyngen (strong class 3)
infinitive | (to) swyngen, swynge | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | swynge | swang, swong | |
2nd-person singular | swyngest | swonge, swang, swong | |
3rd-person singular | swyngeth | swang, swong | |
subjunctive singular | swynge | swonge1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | swyngen, swynge | swongen, swonge | |
imperative plural | swyngeth, swynge | — | |
participles | swyngynge, swyngende | swongen, swonge, yswongen, yswonge |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “swingen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.