Swic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (swice ? Related words: ǽ-, be-, ge-, lár-swic; swice. swic

Definitions

1 swic

q. v.), es; n. Deception, illusion:--For swicum deóflícum propter illusiones diabolicas, Anglia xiii. 396, 441. [O. H. Ger. á-, bi-swih; pl. -swicha; m.: Icel. svik; n.: Dan. svig fraud, deceit.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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