Ge-swincan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-swincan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-swincan
I. to labour, toil :-- Ic wundrige hwí swá mænige wíse men swá swíþe geswuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and swá litel gewis funden, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20. II. to labour under, be afflicted with :-- þonne se ufera dǽl þæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince, Lch. i. 332, 9.

Related words: un-geswuncen. ge-swincan

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