sweng

Middle English

Alternative forms

• swenge

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swɛnd͡ʒ/

Noun

sweng (plural swenges)

1. A strike or blow with a weapon.
2. (rare) A fight or struggle.
3. (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

1. strike, blow (with a weapon)

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	swenġ	swenġas
accusative	swenġ	swenġas
genitive	swenġes	swenġa
dative	swenġe	swenġum

Descendants

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

References

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