† i-ˈswinch, i-swink Obs.
[OE. ᵹeswinc, f. ᵹe-, i-1 + swincan to toil: see swink.]
Toil, labour.
| a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. 317 (Gr.) Sum heard ᵹeswinc habban sceoldon. c 1000 ælfric Gram. ix. (Z.) 47 Labor, ᵹeswinc. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 225 Adam þa wes wniende on þeses life mid ᵹeswince. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 129 Her heo leueden..on pine and on unimete iswinche. a 1200 Moral Ode 36 in Lamb. Hom., Monies monnes sare iswinc habbeð oft unholde. Ibid. 316 We..leggeð al ure iswinch on þinge un-stede-faste. |