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swicol

  • adjective
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Grammar
swicol, sweocol; adj.
deceitful, false, treacherous, crafty
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  • Swicol fallax vel

    mendax,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 50.
of persons
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  • Næs heó swicol nánum ðæra ðe hyre tó ðohte

    she never deceived any one who trusted her,

      Lchdm. iii. 428, 34.
  • Se swicola Herod . . . cýdde syððan his fácenfullan syrewunge,

      Homl. Th. i. 82, 15.
  • Ðæt swicole wíf

    (Delilah),

      Jud. 16, 8.
  • Ða gescotu ðæs sweocolan feóndés

    insidiantis hostis jacula,

      Past. 56; Swt. 431, 5.
  • Áfandod þurh ðone swicolan deofol,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 45.
  • Ða swicolan

    virum dolosum,

      Ps. Th. 5, 6.
  • Se ðe wæs swicolast and se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóð tó sóðe. Wulfst. 128, 9.
  • Swicolost,

      268, 17.
of things
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  • Ðis líf is swá swicol, ðæt hit symble bepǽcþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 5, 65.
  • Ne sceole wé ná besettan úrne hiht on ðissum swicelum lífe,

      Homl. Th. i. 162, 18.
  • Geseoh gif ic on swiculne weg oððe on unrihte eode

    vide, si via iniquitatis in me est,

      Ps. Th. 138, 21.
occasioning offence (f), v. swice,
swician, IV, swicol-líc,
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  • Sóð biþ swicolost (switolost?),

      Menol. Fox 479; Gn. C. 10.
Etymology
[O. E. Homl. Laym. A. R. Havel. swikel: O. H. Ger. pi-swichal subdolus; Icel. svikall treacherous.]
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v. be-(bi-, , un-swicol.
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v.  sweocol.
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  • swicol, adj.