swinc

Old English

Etymology

Deverbal of swincan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swink/, [swiŋk]

Noun

swinc n

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

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	swinc	swinc
accusative	swinc	swinc
genitive	swinces	swinca
dative	swince	swincum

Synonyms

• ġeswinc (much more common)

Derived terms

• swincdagas (“days of tribulation”)
• swincful (“toilsome, painful”)
• swincfulnes (“tribulation”)
• swincīċ (“laborious, menial”)
• swinclēas (“without toil”)
• swincnes (“hardship”)

Descendants

• English: swink

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “SWINC”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.