swyngen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswinɡən/

Verb

swyngen

  1. To strike or land a blow:
    1. To flog, beat, or scourge.
      • a. 1327, “Specimens of Lyric Poetry”, in Council of the Percy Society, volume XXVIII, published 1841, page 84:
        Jhesu, that wes milde ant fre, wes with spere y-stonge; He was nailed to the tre, with scourges y-swongen.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. To chastise; to injure as punishment.
  2. (cooking) To beat or whip (eggs or milk)
  3. To dash, rush or charge.
  4. To (violently) hurl or fling.

Conjugation

Conjugation of swyngen (strong class 3)
infinitive (to) swyngen, swynge
present tense past tense
1st-person singular swynge swang, swong
2nd-person singular swyngest swonge, swang, swong
3rd-person singular swyngeth swang, swong
subjunctive singular swynge swonge1
imperative singular —
plural2 swyngen, swynge swongen, swonge
imperative plural swyngeth, swynge —
participles swyngynge, swyngende swongen, swonge, yswongen, yswonge

1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: swing
  • Scots: swing, sweeng

References

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