English Explanatory Dictionary

beswinge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To scourge; beat.

Word forms

beswinge beswinges beswingeing beswinged

Etymology

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

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