Etymology

forswink

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Today it means: To exhaust by labour; overwork. Full definition →

Middle English forswinken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromforswinken
  2. English todayforswink

From Middle English forswinken, equivalent to for- + swink.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.