† swac, a. Obs.
[Cognate with or a. MLG. swac (LG. swak), whence app. early mod.Du. swack, Du. zwak weak, pliant, MHG., G. schwach: cf. swack a.]
Weak, feeble.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1528 And helde ȝede on ysaac, Wurðede sighteles and elde swac. [? Also read on elde swac in l. 1197; cf. ibid. 1212 Wintres forðwexen on ysaac And ysmael was him vnswac.] |