beswink

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verb

to labour, toil; belabour

OriginMiddle English beswinken ← Old English beswincan →
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Meanings

verbbeswink (third-person singular simple present beswinks, present participle beswinking, simple past beswank, past participle beswunk or beswunken)

present singular third person beswinks · participle present beswinking · past beswank · participle past beswunk · participle past beswunken

  1. obsoleteto labour, toil; belabour

Origin

  1. Old Englishbeswincan“to labour, toil, exert oneself”
  2. Middle Englishbeswinken
  3. Englishbeswink

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

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beswink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beswink

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“beswink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beswink. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beswink,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beswink.

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