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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. I a. escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion :-- 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. Ib. outcome, event, issue :-- 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
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.]
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v. be- (acc. bigswicae,
    Lchdm. iii. 208, 12
), hláford-, un-swice; swic.
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v.  swicc.
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  • swice, n.