to scutch (flax etc) to strike, hit 5 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme p̣ẽṭoddar
meaning 1 to swingle, scutch
direction
meaning 2 to beat
reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 228
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme scutch
meaning 1 to separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle
direction
meaning 2 (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) to beat or whip; to drub.
reference OED English Wiktionary
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From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre

NEW Realization 3
type Semantic evolution
language 1 English
language 2 Old English
lexeme 1 swingle
lexeme 2 swinġel
meaning 1 to beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks
direction
meaning 2 stripe, stroke, or lash
reference OED English Wiktionary Bosworth, Toller
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme meliţă
meaning 1 to scutch (flax etc)
direction
meaning 2 to beat up somebody
reference Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 530
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NEW Realization 5
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 трепать
lexeme 2 трёпка
meaning 1 to scutch (flax etc)
direction
meaning 2 (colloquial) beating

Отец задал мальчишке порядочную трёпку за разбитое окно

reference BAS
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