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ge-swincan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to labour, toil
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  • Ic wundrige hwí swá mænige wíse men swá swíþe geswuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and swá litel gewis funden,

      Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20.
to labour under,
be afflicted with
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  • þonne se ufera dǽl þæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince,

      Lch. i. 332, 9. v. un-geswuncen.
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v.  swincan.
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  • ge-swincan, v.