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be-swícan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade; decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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  • He ongan sirwan hú he hine beswícan mihte

    he began to plot how he might deceive him,

      Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19 : Cd. 23; Th. 29, 17; Gen. 451.

  • Hý beswícaþ weardas

    the guardians deceive them,

      Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 2; Dóm. 16 : Ps. Th. 61, 9.

  • Ne beswíc ðú ðínne néxtan

    deceive not thy neighbour,

      Lev. 19, 11.

  • Me nædre beswác

    the serpent deceived me,

      Cd. 42; Th. 55, 20; Gen. 897 : Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 30; Ph. 413 : Andr. Kmbl. 1226; An. 613.

  • We beswicon [MS. beswican] us sylfe

    we have deceived ourselves,

      Exon. 121 a; Th. 464, 31; Hö. 96.

  • Hycgaþ hú ge hí beswícen

    think how ye may deceive them,

      Cd. 22; Th. 28, 9; Gen. 433.

  • Mid gedwolan beswicen

    errore deceptus,

      Deut. 30, 17 : Exon. 97 a; Th. 363, 20; Wal. 56.

  • Ge sind beswicene

    ye are deceived,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1489; An. 746.

  • Ic beswíce

    illicio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67.

  • Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode

    if any one entice an unbetrothed woman,

      L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5.

  • Feóndas sóþfæstra sáwle willaþ beswícan

    fiends will seduce the souls of the righteous,

      Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 12; Gú. 540.

  • Wæs he beswicen fram his wífe

    ab uxore sua seductus est,

      Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 29 : Cd. 26; Th. 33, 32; Gen. 529.

  • Hiora ealdormen wǽron beswicene

    principes eorum seducti sunt,

      Ps. Th. 106, 39.

  • Forðamðe ðú me beswice

    quia illusisti mihi,

      Num. 22, 29.

  • Sindon ge beswicene

    ye are deluded,

      Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 22; Gú. 597.

  • Us Godríc hæfþ beswicene

    Godric has betrayed us,

      Byrht. Th. 138, 51; By. 238.

  • Ðæt eów beswícþ

    hoc vos scandalizat?

      Jn. Bos. 6, 61 : Mt. Bos. 18, 6.

  • Ða ðe þohton beswícan færelde míne

    qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos,

      Ps. Spl. 139, 5.

  • Úton acræftan hú we heora mágon [MS. magan] beswícan

    let us plan how we can weaken them,

      Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 20.

  • Ne mæg hit wildeór beswícan

    a wild beast cannot evade it,

      Salm. Kmbl. 572; Sal. 285.

  • Ðú hafast ðínra feónda handa beswicene

    hostium manus evasisti,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 23.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-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/4015.

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