v. Obs. Occasional variant in Ormin of SWENCHE, prob. due to pa. t. swencte, pa. pple. ȝeswenct, or 2 and 3 pres. ind. swencst, swencþ: cf. cwennkem, QUENCH.
c. 1200. Ormin, 8942. Whi didesst tu, lef sune, þuss Wiþþ uss, forr uss to swennkenn?
