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† sweng Obs.
[OE. swęng (cf. OFris. sweng):—*swaŋgwiz, f. swaŋgw- (see swing v.1).]
A stroke, blow; also applied widely to various kinds of violent action, e.g. a fall at wrestling, a swing, a military assault.
Beowulf 1520 (Gr.) Mæᵹenræs forᵹeaf hildebille, hond swenge ne ofteah. a1000Elene 239 (Gr.) Bord oft onfeng..yða swengas. a1225Ancr. R. 80, & ine uondunges to wrastlen stalewardliche aȝein þes deofles swenges. a1225St. Marher. (1866) 14 Ȝef ha et stonden wulleð mine unwreste wrenches ant mine swikele swenges, wrestlin ha moten ant wiðerin wið ham seoluen. a1250Owl & Night. 797–9 Ȝif tveie men goþ to wraslinge,..An þe on can swenges suþe fele,..An þe oþer ne can sweng but anne. Ibid. 1286 Go so hit go at eche fenge, Þu fallest mid þine ahene swenge. c1290S. Michael 173 in S. Eng. Leg. 304 Fram þe hexte stude þat is with one swenge he cam To þe loweste stude. Ibid. 179 A wonder sweng, me þinchez, he made! c1400Sege Jerus. (E.E.T.S.) 317 Many swykel at þe sweng to þe swerd ȝede. Ibid. 1172 Eleuen hundred þousand Jewes in þe mene whyle Swalten, while þe sweng last by swerd & by hunger.
b. Toil, labour; = swing n.1
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 575 Þaȝ þay com late & lyttel wore, & þaȝ her sweng wyth lyttel at-slykez. |