A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ swic] n. illusion, CM 441.

[ +swic] n. offence, MtR, WW.

[ swica] m. deceiver, traitor, betrayer.

[ ±swīcan¹] (†) to wander: (†) depart: (w. g.) cease from, yield, give away, AO; CP: (w. d.) fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor: deceive, Æ. ūt s. go forth. from s. fall off, rebel. [‘i-swike’]

[ swicc] m. odour, smell, scent.

[ swiccræft] m. treachery.

[ swicdōm] m. fraud, deception, deceit, Æ, AO: betrayal, treason: scandal, offence.

[ swice] I. m. (†) escape, end: (†) procrastination, delay, Gu 1007: offence, snare, treachery, deceit.

[II.] adj. fallacious, deceitful.

[III.] f. trap, snare, Gl.