geswencan

== Old English == === Etymology === Equivalent to ġe- +‎ swenċan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jeˈswen.t͡ʃɑn/ === Verb === ġeswenċan to cause distress, fatigue The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to ill-treat, harass, punish, torture Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church (mentally) to distress, disturb (materially) to oppress ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ġeswenċed ==== Related terms ==== ġeswenċednes f === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĠESWENCAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĠESWENCAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.