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be-swícian

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-swícian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander]
To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from; evadere, carere
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  • Ða ðe ðone deáþ beswícian myhton [myhtan MS.]

    qui mortem evadere poterant,

      Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 1.
  • Ðæt he ðone écan deáþ beswícode

    ut ipse mortem evaderet æternam,

      Bd. 3. 23; S. 555, 36 : 2, 12; S. 512, 36.
  • Ðæt heó ðære langan untrumnesse beswícede

    se infirmitate longa carere,

      Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 24.
  • Torhtgyþ ðære tungan onstyrenesse be-swícade

    Torctgyd linguæ motu caruit,

      4, 9; S. 577, 17.
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