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From Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą.

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swyngen

  1. To strike or land a blow:
    1. 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)
    2. To chastise; to injure as punishment.
  2. (cooking) To beat or whip (eggs or milk)
  3. To dash, rush or charge.
  4. To (violently) hurl or fling.

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  • English: swing
  • Scots: swing, sweeng

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