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beswinge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beswinge
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To scourge; beat.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English *beswingen, from Old English beswingan (“to flog, scourge, beat, strike”), equivalent to be- + swinge (“to scourge”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

beswinges (present, singular) beswingeing (participle, present) beswinged (participle, past) beswinged (past)

Rhymes With

fringe binge cringe hinge syringe infringe tinge twinge singe ging impinge whinge

Questions

What does beswinge mean?
To scourge; beat.
Where does beswinge come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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