Definition of Swonken. Meaning of Swonken. Synonyms of Swonken

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Definition of Swonken

Swonken
Swink Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant ``Ho.' --Sir Samuel Freguson.

Meaning of Swonken from wikipedia

- Geoffrey Chaucer The Reeve's Tale, (1387–1400), line 4236: "For [Aleyn] had swonken al the longe nyght, And seyde, 'Fare weel, Malyne, sweete wight!'" The...
- putten hem to the plough / pleiden ful selde, In settynge and sowynge / swonken ful harde, And wonnen that thise wastours / with glotonye destruyeth. By...