swengen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === swengyn suenge (Northern) === Etymology === From Old English swenġan, from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”). Equivalent to sweng +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare swyngen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswɛnd͡ʒən/, /ˈsweːnd͡ʒən/, /ˈswind͡ʒən/ === Verb === swengen (third-person singular simple present swengeth, present participle swengende, swengynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle swenged) To hit or beat; to land a blow. (cooking) To beat or whip (eggs or milk) To dash, rush or charge. To (violently) hurl or fling. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== sweng ==== Descendants ==== English: swinge Scots: swinge, sweenge, swunge Yola: swinged (preterite) ==== References ==== “swengen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.