geswinc

Old English

Etymology

A deverbal of swincan, or from ġe- +‎ swinc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈswink/, [jeˈswiŋk]

Noun

ġeswinc n

hard work: toil, labor
travail, hardship

Declension

Declension of geswinc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġeswinc	ġeswinc
accusative	ġeswinc	ġeswinc
genitive	ġeswinces	ġeswinca
dative	ġeswince	ġeswincum

Related terms

swincan

References

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

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