geswinc

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈswink/, [jeˈswiŋk]

Noun

ġeswinc n

1. hard work: toil, labor
2. travail, hardship

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.