swinc

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Old English

Etymology

Deverbal from swincan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swink/,

Noun

swinc n

hard work: toil, labor
hardship, travail

Declension

Declension of swinc (strong a-stem)

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

Synonyms

ġeswinc (much more common)

Derived terms

Derived terms

swincdagas (“days of tribulation”)
swincful (“toilsome, painful”)
swincfulnes (“tribulation”)
swinclēas (“without toil”)
swincīċ (“laborious, menial”)
swincnes (“hardship”)

Descendants

English: swink

References

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

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