† swinch Obs.
Forms: 3 swinche, suinch, 4 swinch, swynche, Ayenb. zuynch.
[Aphetic f. i-swinch. Cf. swench.]
Toil, labour.
| 12.. Moral Ode 369 in O.E. Hom. I. 181 Þer is wele abute grame and reste abuten swinche. 1297 [see swench]. 1340 Ayenb. 83 Alle þise þinges makeþ zuete zuynch zorȝes tyeares and wepinges. |