swic

Old English

Alternative forms

sƿic (wynn spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swiką, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg-.

Noun

swic n

deception, illusion

Descendants

Middle English: swike
- Scots: swick

Derived terms

ġeswic
lārswic
swica
swiccræft
swicdōm
swicfull
swicol
swīcung

References

swic in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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