geswencan

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ swenċan.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈswen.t͡ʃɑn/

ġeswenċan

1. to cause distress, fatigue
2. to ill-treat, harass, punish, torture
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Moyses, ðurh Godes mihte, āwende eal heora wæter tō rēadum blōde, and hē āfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lūsum, ðā flugon into heora mūðe and heora næsðyrlum; and sē Ælmihtiġa ðone mōdiġan cyning mid þām eaðelicum ġesċeaftum swā gėswencte...

     Moses, through the power of God, turned all their water into red blood, and filled all of their land with frogs, and then with gnats, and afterwards with dogflies, which flew into their mouths and their nostrils; the Almighty punished their proud king in that way with every kind of creature...

3. (mentally) to distress, disturb
4. (materially) to oppress

• ġeswenċed

• ġeswenċednes f

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