swinge means A swinging blow. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
swinge is pronounced /swɪnd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).
noun
- A swinging blow.
- Power; sway; influence.
verb
- To singe.“The scorching flame fore swinged all his face”
- To move like a lash; to lash.“Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail.”
- To strike hard.“For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly.”
- To chastise; to beat.“O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged. / So, my bones shall be bangedǃ / The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say, / Come away, and be hangedǃ”