beswinge
English
Etymology
From Middle English *beswingen, from Old English beswingan (“to flog, scourge, beat, strike”), equivalent to be- + swinge (“to scourge”).
Verb
beswinge (third-person singular simple present beswinges, present participle beswingeing, simple past and past participle beswinged)
- (transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
Anagrams
- beeswing