"swingan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈswin.ɡɑn/, [ˈswiŋ.ɡɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *swingan (“to swing”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*swingan|t=to swing}} Proto-West Germanic *swingan (“to swing”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} swingan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|swingan<s3>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], swingan [infinitive], swingenne [infinitive], swinge [first-person, present, singular], swang [first-person, past, singular], swingst [present, second-person, singular], swunge [past, second-person, singular], swingþ [present, singular, third-person], swang [past, singular, third-person], swingaþ [plural, present], swungon [past, plural], swinge [present, singular], swunge [past, singular], swingen [plural, present], swungen [past, plural], swing [imperative, past, present, singular], swingaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], swingende [imperative, present], swungen [imperative, past], ġeswungen [imperative, past]
  1. to swinge, flog, beat, scourge
    Sense id: en-swingan-ang-verb-YasMUA48 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 27 27 11 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 11 11 11 11
  2. to swinge, flog, beat, scourge
    (figurative) to chastise, afflict, plague
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-swingan-ang-verb-d26l22jW Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 27 27 11 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 11 11 11 11
  3. to give a blow with the hand
    Sense id: en-swingan-ang-verb-ehCZkT9R Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 27 27 11 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 11 11 11 11
  4. to whip a top, cream, etc.
    Sense id: en-swingan-ang-verb-h4BUZzWH Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 27 27 11 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 11 11 11 11
  5. to strike, dash
    Sense id: en-swingan-ang-verb-iCGkcV1Z Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 27 27 11 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 11 11 11 11
  6. (of wings) to beat, flap
    Sense id: en-swingan-ang-verb-CurvOb1q Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 27 27 11 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 11 11 11 11

Inflected forms

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            "2": "swyngen"
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: swyngen, swingen, swyng, swynge, swyngge, swyngyn, squynge, suing, swingan, swingæn, swingenn\nEnglish: swing\n→ Dutch: swingen\n→ Norman: souîndgi\nScots: swing, sweeng"
    }
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*swingan",
        "t": "to swing"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *swingan (“to swing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swang",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swunge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swang",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swungon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swunge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swungen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swing",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swungen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeswungen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "swingan<s3>"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "32 32 9 9 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "28 28 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
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        "to swinge, flog, beat, scourge"
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      "id": "en-swingan-ang-verb-YasMUA48",
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          "swinge",
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        ],
        [
          "flog",
          "flog"
        ],
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "27 27 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        "to chastise, afflict, plague"
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          "swinge",
          "swinge"
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        [
          "flog",
          "flog"
        ],
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ],
        [
          "chastise",
          "chastise"
        ],
        [
          "afflict",
          "afflict"
        ],
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "to swinge, flog, beat, scourge",
        "(figurative) to chastise, afflict, plague"
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          "_dis": "27 27 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "_dis": "28 28 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give a blow with the hand"
      ],
      "id": "en-swingan-ang-verb-ehCZkT9R"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "With trained hands he spun the top.",
          "text": "Mid ġelǣredre handa hē swang ðone top.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to whip a top, cream, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-swingan-ang-verb-h4BUZzWH",
      "links": [
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He drove back the fire on either hand.",
          "text": "Hē swang ðæt fýr on twá.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strike, dash"
      ],
      "id": "en-swingan-ang-verb-iCGkcV1Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "dash",
          "dash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "27 27 11 11 11 11",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 11 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The bird beats its wings violently.",
          "text": "Se fugel liċġeþ lonnum fæst swīþe swingeþ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to beat, flap"
      ],
      "id": "en-swingan-ang-verb-CurvOb1q",
      "links": [
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "flap",
          "flap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of wings) to beat, flap"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of wings"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswin.ɡɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswiŋ.ɡɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swingan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "3",
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        "class"
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    {
      "form": "swingan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "swang",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingst",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swunge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "swingþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swang",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "swingaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swungon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingen",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swungen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swing",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swingende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swungen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeswungen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to swinge, flog, beat, scourge"
      ],
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          "swinge",
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        ],
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          "flog",
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        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "to swinge, flog, beat, scourge",
        "to chastise, afflict, plague"
      ],
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        [
          "swinge",
          "swinge"
        ],
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          "flog",
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        ],
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ],
        [
          "chastise",
          "chastise"
        ],
        [
          "afflict",
          "afflict"
        ],
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ]
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        "to swinge, flog, beat, scourge",
        "(figurative) to chastise, afflict, plague"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to give a blow with the hand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "With trained hands he spun the top.",
          "text": "Mid ġelǣredre handa hē swang ðone top.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to whip a top, cream, etc."
      ],
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        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He drove back the fire on either hand.",
          "text": "Hē swang ðæt fýr on twá.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strike, dash"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "dash",
          "dash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The bird beats its wings violently.",
          "text": "Se fugel liċġeþ lonnum fæst swīþe swingeþ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to beat, flap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "flap",
          "flap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of wings) to beat, flap"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of wings"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswin.ɡɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswiŋ.ɡɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swingan"
}

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