Definitions
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- verb transitive To
deceive ,cheat ;betray - verb transitive To
stop ,blin ,cease - adjective
Deceitful ;treacherous - noun dialectal
Deceit ;treachery - noun A
deceiver ;betrayer ,traitor - noun A hiding place;
den ;cave
Etymologies
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Examples
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[146] The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike, or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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[146] The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike, or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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_ B | | tuteles | anan B | | 71. toward | towart C | | for hwil he B | | seos | sið C | | 72. he þe swike þenches t {us} | | for B
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þeos ȝeol ` e´we [froggen bi {} tacneð þeos wimmen þe claþeð heom mid ȝeoluwe] claþe. for þe ȝeolewe clað is þes deofles helfter. þeos wi {m} men þe þus lu {m} eð beoð þes deofles musestoch iclepede. for þenne þe mon wule tilden his musestoch he bindeð {110} uppon þa swike chese ⁊ bret hine for þon þ̵ he scolde swote smelle. and þurh þe [f.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
asativum commented on the word swike
Citation under icumin.
October 8, 2008
madmouth commented on the word swike
there's a swikeful also
August 24, 2010