beswink

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English beswinken, from Old English beswincan (“to labour, toil, exert oneself”); equivalent to be- +‎ swink. More at swink. === Verb === beswink (third-person singular simple present beswinks, present participle beswinking, simple past beswank, past participle beswunk or beswunken) (obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour