Swang
/swæŋ/noun
A dialectal or nonstandard past tense of “swing.”
Did you know?“Swang” survives in regional English and literary usage, while standard English generally replaced it with “swung,” showing how irregular verbs compete and evolve over time.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*swinganą
“To swing, whirl, or move back and forth”
Old English
OE
swingan
“To swing, strike, or move violently”
Middle English
ME
swingen
“To swing or move in an arc”
14th–16th Century
English
swang
“An established past-tense form of “swing””
Modern English
English
swang
“A dialectal or nonstandard past tense, surviving beside standard “swung””