dwingan

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === thuuingan, duuingan, tuuingan === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þwingan === Verb === dwingan constrict, tie (together) suppress, subjugate, cast down squeeze, compress, restrict force, coerce tame, subdue, restrain harass ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: twingen, dwingen German: zwingen === References === Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “thuuingan”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig