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swice

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
swice, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§438;
departure, escape, v. swícan, II.
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  • Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre

    the gates of hell allow of no return or escape, of egress ever,

    • Exon. Th. 364, 30
      • ;
    • Wal. 78
      • .
escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion
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  • :-- Ne biþ ð æes lengra-swice sáwelgedáles ðonne seofon niht fyrstgemearces

    there will not be a longer escape from death than a period of seven days,

    • Exon. Th. 164, 6
      • ;
    • Gú. 1007.
outcome, event, issue
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  • Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince unforcúþ biþ ðæs óþer swice ðonne hé ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ

    he thinks that his ways appear respectable; their event will be different when he observes the result of the fraud.

    • Exon. Th. 315, 15
      • ;
    • Mód. 31
      • .
deceit, fraud, treachery, v. swícan, IV, V
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  • Hé ealle ða cyningas mid biswice (mid his swice,

    • Cote. MS.
    )ofslóg

    captos per dolum reges interfecit,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 114, 8.

  • Hí on ðínum fulce fácen geswipere syredan and tó swice hogedon

    in plebem tuam astute cogitaverunt consilium.

    • Ps. Th. 82, 3: Exon. Th. 317, 6
      • ;
    • Mód. 61.
offence, stumbling-block, snare; scandalum
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  • Ðanun mæg áspringan seó mǽste sacu and se mǽsta swice ealra ungeþwǽrnessa

    exinde grauissima occasio scandalorum oriri potest,

    • R. Ben. 129, 8.

  • Hí settan mé swyce (swyþe, MS. ) ðǽr ic síþade

    juxta iter scandalum posuerunt mihi,

    • Ps. Th. 139, 5.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. -swin; pl. -swihhi.
]
Similar entries
v. be- (acc. bigswicae, Lchdm. iii. 208, 12), hláford-, un-swice; swic.
Linked entries
v.  swicc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swice.” 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/29766.

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  • swice, n.

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