Obs. [OE. ʓeswing, in form and origin identical with ʓeswing SWING sb.2 (sense 1), f. Teut. swiŋgw- (see SWING v.1) used in the same sense as the parallel form swiŋkw- (see SWINK v. to toil).] Labor, toil.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Ps. (Spelman) lxxxix. 11 [xc. 10]. Eorum labor et dolor, heora ʓeswing & sar.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 145. Þer scal beon … hele wið-uten unhele, reste wið-uten swinge.

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 566. Ðor buten noe long swing he dreȝ.

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