eldertongue

Old English · noun

swinc

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/swink/
[swiŋk]
Syllables
swink (1 syllable)
Modern English
swinktravailtoilhardlabor

Meaning

  1. hard work: toil, labor

  2. hardship, travail

Declension

Declension of swinc
SingularPlural
Nominative swincswinc
Accusative swincswinc
Genitive swincesswinca
Dative swinceswincum

All forms (5)

Etymology

Deverbal from swincan.

Descendants

swink

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