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swice

  • noun [ feminine ]
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swice, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§438;
A trap
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  • Swican

    decipulam,

      Hpt. Gl. 520, 30: Anglia xiii. 36, 263.
Etymology
[penne þe mon wule tilden his musestoch he bindeð uppon þa swike chese, O. E. Homl. i. 53, 21. A swyke discipula, Wrt. Voc. i. 221, col. 2 (15th cent.)]
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  • swice, n.