† i-ˈswike, v. Obs.
[OE. ᵹesw{iacu}can, f. ᵹe-, i-1 + sw{iacu}can to cease; = OS. giswîcan.]
a. intr. To fail, cease. (In OE. with gen. or dat.) b. trans. To cease from (an action, etc.).
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. i. §6 Hie ðæs ᵹefeohtes ᵹeswicen. Ibid. v. x. §2 Þæt hie wolden Romanum ᵹeswican. c 1000 O.E. Chron. an. 994 (MS. C.) Hi þære hereᵹunge ᵹeswicon. c 1100 Ibid. an. 1001 (MS. E.) Hi næfre heora yfeles ᵹeswicon. c 1175 Cott. Hom. 227 Hi þa iswicon hare timbringe. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 17 Ȝif heo nulluð nefre iswiken. Ibid. 101 He bið þes deofles bern buten he hit iswike. a 1250 Owl & Night. 927, I bidde hom þat heo iswike. |