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† swenche, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 (ᵹe)swencan, swencean, (suoenca), 2–3 (i)swenche(n, Orm. swennchenn; pa. tense 1–2 swencte; pa. pple. 1 ᵹeswenced, -swenct, 2 -swenched, i-swenced; see also sweynt.
[OE. swencan (also ᵹe-):—*swaŋkwjan, causative of *swiŋkwan to swink, q.v.]
trans. To trouble, harass, afflict.
Beowulf 1510 (Gr.) Ac hine wundra þæs fela swencte on sunde. c888ælfred Boeth. xxiv. §1 ælc deaðlic man swencð hine selfne mid mistlicum & mæniᵹfealdum ymbhoᵹum. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke iv. 38 Ða wæs simones sweᵹer ᵹeswenced [Hatton ᵹeswenched] on mycelum feferum. 1154O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1090 Se cyng wæs smæᵹende hu he mihte wrecon his broðer Rodbeard, swiðost swencean, & Normandiᵹe of him ᵹewinnan. c1175Lamb. Hom. 13 Euwer feond eou ne scal derien ne swenchen. Ibid. 101 Sume men festen swa þet hi swencten swiðe heom seolfe. c1200Ormin 12216 To swennchenn Cristess þeowwess. c1205Lay. 15787 Monine mon on sweuene ofte heo swencheð. c1230Hali Meid. 35 Hwil þu swenchest te ter wið iþi deaðes dute.
b. To mortify.
971Blickl. Hom. 81 Þa lareowas sceolan heora aᵹenne lichoman swencean on forhæfdnesse. c1200Ormin 15764 Ȝiff þatt we don itt all þwerrt ut..forr to swennchenn ure life To betenn ure sinness. a1225Ancr. R. 134 So wisliche heo schal þauh swenchen þet flesch. |
