Swike

//swaɪk// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deceitful; treacherous. dialectal, obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    Deceit; treachery. Scotland, dialectal
  2. 2
    A deceiver; betrayer, traitor. dialectal, obsolete

    "The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike, or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered."

  3. 3
    A hiding place; den; cave. dialectal, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To deceive, cheat; betray. dialectal, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To stop, cease. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).

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