Obs. Pa. t. 3 swang, 4 swange, swong. [OE. swingan, corresp. in form and meaning to SWING sb.1, and so ultimately identical with SWING v.1] intr. To labor, toil; = SWINK v. 1.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Exod. xviii. 14. Hwæt dest þu on þis folce? hwi swingst þu ana?

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c. 1000.  Ags. Ps. (Spelman) cxxvi[i]. Buton drihten timbriende hus on ydel swingað ða ðe timbriað hi.

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c. 1275.  Lay., 7488. He swang [c. 1205 swonc] in þan fihte, þat he leþerede a swote.

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13[?].  E. E. Allit. P., A, 586. Þat swange & swat for long ȝore.

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13[?].  Guy Warw. (A.), 3589. Herhaud þat day so sore swong, Þat þurch his mouþe þe fom it sprong.

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c. 1480.  Henryson, Mor. Fab., Wolf & Lamb, xx. His seruand nor his self may not be spaird To swing and sweit, withouttin Meit or wage.

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