Swícung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swícung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: 1 Jn. 2, 10) on him nys, Scint. 14, 12. Neód hit ys ðæt cuman swícunga

Definitions

1 swícung

f. I. deceiving, deluding, deceit, fraud, delusion: -Mid . swícunge deóflícre inlusione diabolica, Anglia xi. 117, 29. Swícunge ceápes fraud in trade. Lchdm. iii. 198, 31: 202, 13. For swícuncgum propter illusiones, R. Ben. Interl. 88, 5. II offence, occasion of stumbling; scandalum :-- Se ðe lufaþ bróðer his, swícung (scandalum; (scandala), swá þeáh wá ðam menn þurh ðæne swícung (scandalum) cymþ, 134, 2-3. [He (false men) ðe swiken, ðin agte wið swiking, ði soule wið lesing, O. E. Misc. 19, 602.]

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ᛋᚹᛁᚳᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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