Be-swícian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-swícian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-swícian

p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander] To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from; evadere, carere :-- Ða ðe ðone deáþ beswícian myhton [myhtan MS.] qui mortem evadere poterant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 1. Ðæt he ðone écan deáþ beswícode ut ipse mortem evaderet æternam, Bd. 3. 23; S. 555, 36 : 2, 12; S. 512, 36. Ðæt heó ðære langan untrumnesse beswícede se infirmitate longa carere, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 24. Torhtgyþ ðære tungan onstyrenesse be-swícade Torctgyd linguæ motu caruit, 4, 9; S. 577, 17. be-swician

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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