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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą.
Pronunciation
Verb
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.
- (cooking) To beat or whip (eggs or milk)
- To dash, rush or charge.
- To (violently) hurl or fling.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) swyngen, swynge
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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swynge
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swang, swong
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| 2nd-person singular
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swyngest
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swonge, swang, swong
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| 3rd-person singular
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swyngeth
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swang, swong
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| subjunctive singular
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swynge
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swonge1
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| imperative singular
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| plural2
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swyngen, swynge
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swongen, swonge
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| imperative plural
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swyngeth, swynge
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| participles
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swyngynge, swyngende
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swongen, swonge, yswongen, yswonge
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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