BESWINK

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ETYMOLOGY
Old English beswincan, from be- + swincan to toil, to labour

definition 2: probably for beswinge (as per E-NED)

EXAMPLE
From: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Compared with the many Former Editions, and many valuable MSS.
By John Urry, 1721
The Testament of Love.  P.480