"swinge" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /swɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swinge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: swinges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangwijan, from Proto-Germanic *swangwijaną (“to bump, cause to swing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swengen|t=to strike}} Middle English swengen (“to strike”), {{inh|en|ang|swenġan|t=to dash, strike; to cause to swing}} Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swangwijan}} Proto-West Germanic *swangwijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swangwijaną|t=to bump, cause to swing}} Proto-Germanic *swangwijaną (“to bump, cause to swing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} swinge (plural swinges)
  1. (archaic) A swinging blow. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-swinge-en-noun-1qq~Rx~E
  2. (obsolete) Power; sway; influence. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-swinge-en-noun-HR6-GrHu Disambiguation of Fire: 9 68 8 4 4 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 48 13 11 3 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 75 6 5 2 5

Verb [English]

IPA: /swɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swinge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: swinges [present, singular, third-person], swinging [participle, present], swingeing [participle, present], swinged [participle, past], swinged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangwijan, from Proto-Germanic *swangwijaną (“to bump, cause to swing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swengen|t=to strike}} Middle English swengen (“to strike”), {{inh|en|ang|swenġan|t=to dash, strike; to cause to swing}} Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swangwijan}} Proto-West Germanic *swangwijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swangwijaną|t=to bump, cause to swing}} Proto-Germanic *swangwijaną (“to bump, cause to swing”) Head templates: {{en-verb|swinges|swinging or swingeing|swinged}} swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swinging or swingeing, simple past and past participle swinged)
  1. (obsolete) To singe. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-swinge-en-verb-TGRU59cW
  2. (archaic) To move like a lash; to lash. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-swinge-en-verb-9h-9OHXX
  3. (archaic) To strike hard. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-swinge-en-verb-o1UisdO3
  4. (obsolete) To chastise; to beat. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-swinge-en-verb-DWv23hDD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beswinge, swingeing

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} swinge
  1. Alternative form of swynge Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: swynge
    Sense id: en-swinge-enm-noun-1cvrYG3x Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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}

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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "swynge"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of swynge"
      ],
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        [
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