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Swinge

//swɪnd͡ʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A swinging blow. archaic
  2. 2
    Power; sway; influence. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To singe. obsolete

    "The scorching flame fore swinged all his face"

  2. 2
    burn superficially or lightly wordnet
  3. 3
    To move like a lash; to lash. archaic

    "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."

  4. 4
    To strike hard. archaic

    "For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly."

  5. 5
    To chastise; to beat. obsolete

    "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

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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