geswinc

geswinc
n (-es/-u) toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labor; labor, affliction

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • geswinc — sb. == toil. M. Ode, 98. AS. geswinc …   Oldest English Words

  • geswinc — toil, hardship …   The Old English to English

  • hardship — geswinc …   English to the Old English

  • toil — geswinc, gedeorf, swincan …   English to the Old English

  • Swink — Swink, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.] Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • geswing — geswing2 1. n ( es/ ) surge, fluctuation; 2. see geswinc …   Old to modern English dictionary

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