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Old English · noun

swingel

Normalised swinġel

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈswin.jel/
[ˈswin.d͡ʒel]
Syllables
ˈswin · jel (2 syllables)
Modern English
swingelswinglelashstripechastisementfloggingscourgingbeats

Meaning

  1. a stripe, stroke, or lash

  2. a scourging, whipping, or flogging

  3. a scourge, rod, or whip

  4. the part of a flail which beats the corn out of the ear.

  5. chastisement, affliction

Declension

Declension of swingel
SingularPlural
Nominative swinġelswinġellaswinġelle
Accusative swinġelleswinġellaswinġelle
Genitive swinġelleswinġella
Dative swinġelleswinġellum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swingillju, from Proto-Germanic *swingiljō.

Descendants

swingel, swingle

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