swinge
/swɪnd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The scorching flame fore swinged all his face"
- "Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail."
- "For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly."
- "Sir Fee[ble]. 'Tis—Jealouſie, the old VVorm that bites— [Aſide] VVho is it you ſuſpect? / Sir Cau[tious]. Alas I knovv not vvhom to ſuſpect, I vvou'd I did; but if you cou'd diſcover him—I vvou'd ſo ſvvinge him.—"
- "And ſwinges his own Vices in his Son."
- "O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged. / So, my bones shall be bangedǃ / The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say, / Come away, and be hangedǃ"
Etymology
From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: swengen, swenġan, *swangijan