Beswinge

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To scourge; beat. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

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

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