† beˈswinge, v. Obs.
Also 6 beswindge.
[f. be- 2 + swinge v.]
trans. To swinge, beat soundly. Also fig.
| [c 1000 ælfric Ex. v. 16 We ðine ðeowas synd beswungene. c 1175 [see next, 2]]. 1568 T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 45 With better words beswindge this dame, let no perswasion lacke. 1590 Greene Orl. Fur. (1599) 56 You had best..least I beswinge you. |