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ge-swícan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen
To leave off, desist, stop, cease, rest from, turn from, withdraw, relinquish, fail, deceive, betray; intermittere, desistere, cessare, quiescere, requiescere, deserere, discedere, relinquere, deficere, fallere, prodere.
v. n
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  • He nolde geswícan

    he would not cease,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 3
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 344, 5.

  • Ne wolde ic fram ðínum bebodum geswícan

    a mandatis tuis non erravi,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 110.

  • Ic gedó, ðæt hira gemynd geswícþ of eallum mannum

    cessare faciam ex hominibus memoriam eorum.

    • Deut. 32, 26.

  • Geswác se wind

    cessavit ventus,

    • Mt. Bos. 14, 32: Lk. Bos. 5, 4: 11, 1: Gen. 8, 22.

  • Ic geswíce oððe ic forlǽte oððe ic me reste

    quiesco,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1
      • ;
    • Som. 30, 28.

  • Geswác æt sæcce Beówulfes sweord

    Beowulf's sword failed in the conflict,

    • Beo. Th. 5355
      • ;
    • B. 2681.

  • Gesuícas

    mentientes,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 11.
with the genitive
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  • Wile heó ðæs síðes geswícan

    it will desist from its course,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 647
      • ;
    • Sal. 323.

  • Gif he unrǽdes ne geswíceþ

    if he desist not from mischief,

    • Exon. 107 b
      • ;
    • Th. 410, 7
      • ;
    • Rä. 28, 12.

  • Bútan he ðæs yfles geswíce

    except he desist from evil,

    • Ps. Lamb fol. 183 b, 20.

  • Hí ðæs gefeohtes geswicon

    they stopped the fight,

    • Ors. 3, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 54, 29.

  • Ðæs fixnoþes geswícan

    to cease from fishing,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 516, 11.

  • Gif ðú unrǽdes ne geswícest

    if thou cease not from evil counsel,

    • Exon. 67 b
      • ;
    • Th. 250, 1
      • ;
    • Jul. 120.

  • Gif we ðæs unrihtes geswícaþ

    if we cease from evil,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1030
      • ;
    • El. 516.

  • Gerǽddon [gerædden, MS.] ða witan ðæt man ǽlces yfeles geswác

    the witan decreed that men should cease from every kind of evil,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 178, 33: Ps. Th. 58, 4.

  • Hí nǽfre heora yfeles geswicon

    they never ceased from their evil,

    • Chr. 1001
      • ;
    • Erl. 137, 20.

  • He geswác hys weorces

    he rested from his work,

    • Gen. 2, 3.

  • Gé hellfirena sweartra geswícaþ

    ye turn from black hell-crimes.

    • Exon. 98 a
      • ;
    • Th. 366, 4
      • ;
    • Reb. 7.

  • Geswícaþ ðære synne

    turn from that sin,

    • Cd. 113
      • ;
    • Th. 149, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 2468.

  • Geswíc ðisses setles

    relinquish this seat,

    • Exon. 36 b
      • ;
    • Th. 119, 3
      • ;
    • Gú. 249.
with the dative
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  • Hí ðære heregunge geswicon

    they ceased the ravaging,

    • Chr. 994
      • ;
    • Erl. 132, 32.

  • Hí geswicon ðære fyrdinge

    they withdrew from the expedition,

    • 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 153, 29.

  • Ðæt hí woldon [woldan, MS.] Rómánum geswícan

    that they would relinquish the Romans,

    • Ors. 5, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 108, 29.

  • Ðæt ic ðínum lárum geswíce

    that I relinquish thy doctrines,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2582
      • ;
    • An. 1292.

  • Wélandes geworc ne geswíceþ monna ǽnigum

    Weland's work deceiveth not any [of] men,

    • Wald. 3
      • ;
    • Vald. 1, 2.

  • Seó ecg geswác þeódne

    the edge failed its Lord,

    • Beo. Th. 3053
      • ;
    • B. 1524.

  • Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ

    miserable is he whom his friends betray,

    • Exon. 89 a
      • ;
    • Th. 335, 22
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 37.

  • Ne ǽnig iuih giswíca

    nemo vos seducat,

    • Rtl. 13, 29.

  • Hine manoden ðæt he ne geswice Godes word to bodigenne

    admonished him not to cease preaching God's word,

    • Shrn. 13, 33.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-swícan.” 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/16275.

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