swengan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swangwijan, from Proto-Germanic *swangwijaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswen.jɑn/, [ˈswen.d͡ʒɑn]

Verb

swenġan

(rare) To strike at; to charge at.

Conjugation

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Related terms

swenġ

Descendants

Middle English: swengen, swengyn; suenge
- English: swinge
- Scots: swinge, sweenge, swunge
- Yola: swinged (preterite)

References

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

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