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a-swícan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-swícan, p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [a from, swícan to go]
To go away from any one, to desert any one, to deceive, betray, offend; desciscere, deficere ab aliquo, prodere, scandalizare
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  • Ne aswíc sundorwíne

    do not desert a particular friend,

    • Exon. 80 b ; Th. 301, 34
    • ;
    • Fä. 29
    • .
  • Eádríc aswác his cynehláforde

    Eadric betrayed his royal lord,

    • Chr. 1016 ; Ed. 158, 5
    • .
  • Gif ðín swíðre hand ðé aswíce

    si dextra manus tua scandalizat te,

    • Mt. Bos. 5, 30
    • .
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