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  • Beswícþ

    eludit, i. Decipit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 16
    • :

    fellitat, i. decepit,

    • 148, 29
    • .
  • Beswác

    lusit,

    • 53, 61
    • .
to decoy, ensnare, beguile,
of fowling
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  • Fugelere, hú beswícst þú fugelas? On feala wísan ic beswíce fugelas,

    • Coll. M. 25, 9, 11
    • .
of persons
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  • Beswác

    inlexit

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    • Aid. 182, 32
    • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 49
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  • Eádric beswác Sigeferd and Morcær,

    • Chr. 1015
    • ;
    • P. 145, 31
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  • Beswican

    pellexerunt,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 14
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  • Ǽr hé Beorn beswice,

    • Chr. 1050
    • ;
    • P. 170, 8
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  • Se beswícenda

    pellax,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 67
    • .
to betray
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  • Hió hý mid fácne beswác tó deáðe,

    • Ors. 2
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    • S. 30, 31
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  • Gezabel beswác Naboð tó his feóre þurh leáse gewitnysse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 488, 5
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  • þisne æþeling Cnut hæfde forsend on Ungerland tó beswícane,

    • Chr. 1057
    • ;
    • P. 188, 10
    • .
to defraud, supplant, injure by treachery
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  • Rihte ys hé genemned Jacob, nú hé beswac (supplantavit) mé

    • Gen. 27, 36
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  • Búton hí beswican

    nisi supplantaverint,

    • Kent. Gl. 72
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  • Ic nǽnigne man beswícan (laedere) ne mihte,

    • Gr. D. 30, 23
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  • Ósréd wæs beswicen and of ríce ádréfed,

    • Chr. 790
    • ;
    • P- 55. 23
    • .
to circumvent, overcome by wiles
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  • Beswác Hannibal twégen consulas and hié ofslóg

    Annibal utrumque consulem insidiis circumventos interfecit,

    • Ors. 4, 10
    • ;
    • S. 198, 19
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  • Beswác

    refellit (astus),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 75
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  • Beswícan

    circum-venire,

    • 24, 68
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  • ꝥ hié móston ðára feónda seora beswícan and ofercuman

    • Bl. H. 201, 29.
  • Hé wearð swíþor beswicen for Alexandres searewe þonne for his gefeohte

    non minus arte Alexandri siiperata quam virtute Macedonum,

    • Ors. 3, 9
    • ;
    • S. 124, 19.
  • Ðá þá seó cwén þis gehýrde, hyre hláford and sunu bus beswikene,

    • Chr. 1093
    • ;
    • P. 228, 13
    • .
to seduce, mislead
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  • Hí unwære men beswícaþ and ádweliaþ,

    • Bl. H. 61, 24
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  • æt eów nǽfre se deófol beswícan mote,

    • Wlfst. 135, 9
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  • Wǽron mid gítsunge beswicene ná þ án his find ac eác swilce his frínd,

    • Ap. Th. 7, 12
    • .
to fail a person, leave in the lurch
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  • Se mennesca fultum him beswác,

    • Guth. 76, 18
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  • Hé cweð þet hé gesíclod wǽre, and swá þ folc beswác, ꝥ hé lǽdan sceolde,

    • Chr. 1003
    • ;
    • P. 135, 14
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  • Wolde se ealdorman beswícon þone æþeling,

    • 1015
    • ;
    • P. 146, 14.
  • Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine,

    • 1014
    • ;
    • P. 145, 22
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. be-swike.
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. bi-swíkan
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O. H. Ger. pi-swíhhan decipere, illaqueare, illicere, circumvenire, seducere.
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v.  be-swícende.
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