sweng

Middle English

Alternative forms

swenge

Etymology

From Old English swenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *swangwi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swɛnd͡ʒ/

Noun

sweng (plural swenges)

A strike or blow with a weapon.
(rare) A fight or struggle.
(rare) Work, exertion.

Descendants

>? English: swinge

References

“sweng(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swangwi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swenj/, [swend͡ʒ]

Noun

swenġ m

strike, blow (with a weapon)

Declension

Declension of sweng (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	swenġ	swenġas
accusative	swenġ	swenġas
genitive	swenġes	swenġa
dative	swenġe	swenġum

Descendants

Middle English: sweng, swenge
- >? English: swinge

References

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

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