swic

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swiką, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swik/

Noun

swic n

1. deception, illusion

Declension

Declension of swic (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	swic	swicu
accusative	swic	swicu
genitive	swices	swica
dative	swice	swicum

Derived terms

• ġeswic
• lārswic
• swica
• swiccræft
• swicdōm
• swicfull
• swicol
• swīcung

Descendants

• Middle English: swike
  • Scots: swick

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swic”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.