swincan

Etymology
From, from ,. A parallel form to.

Verb

 * 1) to work hard: toil, labour
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.


 * 1) to strive
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
 * "ang"

- Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.