swic

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swik/

Noun

swic n

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, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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