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swician

  • verb [ weak ]
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swician, p. ode.
to wander
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  • Ðaer hí swiciaþ on swíman, firenweorc beraþ,

    • Exon. Th. 79, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 1300.

  • Suicade, suicudae

    spatiaretur,

    • Txts. 99, 1893.

  • Hí ðurh cúþe stówe swicedon and fóron

    per nota loca dispersi vagarentur,

    • Bd. 4. 4
      • ;
    • S. 571, 4.

  • Hí swycedan geond wésten

    erraverunt in solitudine,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 3.

  • Swicedan

    ,
    • 39.

  • Swiciende

    pervagatus.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 79.
to depart, turn
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  • Ná ic fram ðínum dónum dǽdum swicade

    a judiciis tuis non declinavi,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 102.
to deceive
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  • Mǽst ǽlc swicode and óðrum derede wordes and dǽde,

    • Wulfst. 160, 3.

  • Ne ǽnig ne syrwe ne óðrum ne swicie,

    • 73, 12: 70, 5.

  • Lytelíce swician,

    • 55, 16.

  • Ða men ðe ne dorstan for Godes ege swician . . . ða ðe cúðan swician and befician and mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian.

    • L. I. P. 12
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 320, 31-26.

  • Swiciende licceteras árísaþ and forlǽraþ tó manege,

    • Wulfst. 89, 17.
with prep, on, ymb, to practise deceit in relation to a matter; cf.
O. Sax. swíkan umbi
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  • Se ðe on mynstres ǽhtum mid fácne swicaþ

    he who fraudulently deceives in the matter of a monastery's possessions.

    • Homl. Th. i. 398, 26.

  • Annanias and Saphira swicedon on heora ágenum ǽhtum

    ,
    • 33.

  • Se syrwienda deofol á swicaþ, embe mancyn

    is ever practising deceit in respect to man,

    • Wulfst. 107, 23.

  • Se sceaða georne swicode ymb ða sáwle

    ,
    • Cd. Th. 38, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 607.
to offend; also to be offended; scandalizare, scandalizari
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  • Gif ðín hand ðé swicaþ

    (scandalizat)

    ,
    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8, 9: Mk. Skt. 9, 43, 45.

  • þeáh ðe ealle swicion ne swicige. ic ðé ná

    etsi omnes scandalizati fuerint serf non ego,

    • 14, 29.
to give offence by words, speak injuriously
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  • Ná murcna ðú ná swica ðú

    non murmures, non blasphemes,

    • Scint. 164, 16.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. swichón vagari.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ǽ-, be-swician; swícan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swician.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/29773.

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