Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Swinge

Swinge (swinj) , verb and noun

See Singe. [Obsolete] — Spenser

Swinge (swinjd) , transitive verb

[Old English swengen, Anglo-Saxon swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]

1.
To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
I had swinged him soundly. — Shakespeare
And swinges his own vices in his son. — C. Dryden
2.
To move as a lash; to lash. [Obsolete]
Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. — Milton

Swinge , noun

1.
The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obsolete] — Waller
2.
Power; sway; influence. [Obsolete]