m. I. departure, escape, II :-- Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre the gates of hell allow of no return or escape, of egress ever, Exon. Th. 364, 30; Wal. 78. I a. escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion :-- Ne biþ ð æes lengra-swice sáwelgedáles ðonne seofon niht fyrstgemearces there will not be a longer escape from death than a period of seven days, Exon. Th. 164, 6 ; Gú. 1007. Ib. outcome, event, issue :-- Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince unforcúþ biþ ðæs óþer swice ðonne hé ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he thinks that his ways appear respectable; their event will be different when he observes the result of the fraud. Exon. Th. 315, 15 ; Mód. 31. II. deceit, fraud, treachery, IV, V :-- Hé ealle ða cyningas mid biswice (mid his swice, Cote. MS. ) ofslóg captos per dolum reges interfecit, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 114, 8. Hí on ðínum fulce fácen geswipere syredan and tó swice hogedon in plebem tuam astute cogitaverunt consilium. Ps. Th. 82, 3: Exon. Th. 317, 6; Mód. 61. III. offence, stumbling-block, snare; scandalum: - Ðanun mæg áspringan seó mǽste sacu and se mǽsta swice ealra ungeþwǽrnessa exinde grauissima occasio scandalorum oriri potest, R. Ben. 129, 8. Hí settan mé swyce (swyþe, MS. ) ðǽr ic síþade juxta iter scandalum posuerunt mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5. [O. H. Ger. -swin; pl. -swihhi.] acc. bigswicae, Lchdm. iii. 208, 12), hláford-, un-swice; swic. swice