besweat

The story

1. Old English · derived frombeswǣtan“to sweat over, toil”
2. Middle English · derived frombisweten
3. Middle English · inherited frombeswette
4. English todaybesweat

From Middle English beswette, be-swet, bi-swæt, past participle of Middle English bisweten, besweten (“to sweat all over, cover with sweat”), from Old English beswǣtan (“to sweat over, toil”), equivalent to be- + sweat.