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cessation from doing, a leaving off of a practice, v. ge-swícan; 1
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  • Beháte hé ǽrest bóte and geswicenesse ealra þǽra unþeáwa þe hé fore ádrǽfed wæs,

      R. Ben. 53, 10.

  • Hé synna forgyfð þám ðe mid dǽdbóte dóð geswicennysse,

      Hml. A. 1. 17.
    þone bisceop hé geteohhade mid teónan tó forseónne. Hé behét þá geswicennysse þám bisceope, Hml. S. 31, 678.

  • Seó sóðe behreówsung and dǽdbót mid geswicennyssum yfeles ús áþwyhð,

      12, 144.
abstaining from doing again what has been given up. v. ge-swícan;
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  • Gif hé ágylte, hé hit georne gebéte and syððan geswíce; for ðí ne bið nán bót náht búton þǽr beó geswicenes,

      Hml. Th. i. 268, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-swicennes.” 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/49919.

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