swingan

== Middle English == === Verb === swingan (Early Middle English) alternative form of swyngen == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *swingan (“to swing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswin.ɡɑn/, [ˈswiŋ.ɡɑn] === Verb === swingan to swinge, flog, beat, scourge (figurative) to chastise, afflict, plague to give a blow with the hand to whip a top, cream, etc. to strike, dash (of wings) to beat, flap ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: swyngen, swingen, swyng, swynge, swyngge, swyngyn, squynge, suing (Northern), swingan, swingæn, swinꟑenn (Early Middle English)English: swing→ Dutch: swingen→ Norman: souîndgiScots: swing, sweeng == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *swingan (“to swing”). === Verb === swingan to swing ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: swingen Low German: swingen → Danish: svinge → Swedish: svinga (partial borrowing)