beswink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to labour, toil; belabour

Word forms

beswink beswinks beswinking beswank beswunk beswunken

Etymology

From Middle English beswinken, from Old English beswincan (“to labour, toil, exert oneself”); equivalent to be- + swink. More at swink.

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