Etymology

beswinge

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Today it means: To scourge; beat. Full definition →

Middle English *beswingen ← Old English beswingan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombeswingan“to flog, scourge, beat, strike”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*beswingen
  3. English todaybeswinge

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

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