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swinc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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swinc, es; n.
Swink (this form is used in the 16th century, v. Nares Glossary), labour, trouble, affliction
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  • Erian se ðe hine gesihþ swincu mǽste him ongeán cumaþ

    he that in a dream sees himself ploughing, very great troubles are coming upon him,

      Lchdm. iii. 198, 28.
  • Suinca

    verberum,

      Rtl. 40, 29.
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v. ge-swinc, swine-full, -leas.
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