eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for swink

3 headwords match “swink”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; swinc ranks first.

  1. 1

    swinc

    score 10

    noun

    swink — hard work: toil, labor

  2. 2

    swincan

    score 7

    verb

    swink — to work hard: toil, labour

  3. 3

    beswincan

    score 6

    verb

    swink — to labour for or at, swink, toil, make with toil

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