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swinge

  • /swɪnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɪndʒ

Where it comes from

From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).

verb swinges · swinging · swingeing · swinged

  1. obsolete To singe. The scorching flame fore swinged all his face
  2. archaic To move like a lash; to lash. Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail.
  3. archaic To strike hard. For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly.
  4. obsolete To chastise; to beat. O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged. / So, my bones shall be bangedǃ / The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say, / Come away, and be hangedǃ

noun swinges

  1. archaic A swinging blow.
  2. obsolete Power; sway; influence.

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@misc{swinge_2026,
  title = {swinge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swinge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}