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swikedom
† swikedom Obs. Forms: see swike n.2 and -dom. [OE. swicdóm, f. swik-: see swike v. and -dom.] Deceit, fraud; treachery, treason.c 893 ælfred Oros. ii. iv. 76 Se ᵹionga cyning swiðor micle wenende wæs þæt hie þonon fleonde wæren þonne hie æniᵹne swicdom cyþan dorstan. Ibid. iv. v. 168 Þa tuᵹon hie h...
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swikehede
† swikehede Obs. [f. swike n.1 or a. + -hede, -head.] = swikedom.a 1250 [see swikelhede].
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swikel
† swikel, a. Obs. Forms: 1 swicol, 2–4 swikel, 3 suykel, 3–4 suikel, 4 swikil(l, -yll, swykile, (sikil), 4–5 swykel. [OE. swicol, corresp. to OHG. pi-swichal ‘subdolus’, ON. svikall (MSw. swikul), f. swik-: see swike v. and -le.] Deceitful, treacherous, crafty.c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 82 Se swicola Her...
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witching
▪ I. witching, vbl. n. (ˈwɪtʃɪŋ) [OE. wiccung, vbl. n. of wiccian witch v.1: see -ing1.] 1. The use or practice of witchcraft.c 1000 Confess. Ecgberti xxix. in Thorpe Laws (1840) II. 154 Ᵹif hwylc wif wiccunga bega. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 Wicching & swikedom stale & leoð & lesiug & refloc, & al...
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Beelzebub
Beelzebub (biːˈɛlzɪbʌb) Also 4 Belsebub, 4–6 Belsabub, -bbe, 1–9 Belzebub. [a. L. Beëlzebūb, used in the Vulgate to render both the Gr. βεελζεβούβ of the received text of the N.T. (for which early MSS. have βεελζεβούλ), and the Heb. baﻋal-z'būb ‘fly-lord,’ mentioned in 2 Kings i. 2, as ‘the god of ...
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reflac
† reflac, revelaik Obs. Forms: 1–2 réaflác, 2 refloc, 3 ræflac, raflak, reflac, 4 reuelaic(k, -laike, 5 Sc. reyflake, revelayk. [OE. réaflác, f. réaf reif + -lác -lock (cf. wedlock).] Rapine, robbery, reavery.c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxvi. §2 ælc bit þæs reaflaces þe him on ᵹenumen bið. c 1000 ælfric ...
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ope
▪ I. ope, a. and n. (əʊp) [Reduced from open, the n being dropped as in pa. pples.: cf. awake for awaken, wove(n, bespoke(n, etc.] A. adj. = open a. in various senses. (Only pred. or after the n.) Now arch. and poet.a 1250 Owl & Night. 168 Vor swikedom haved schome and hete, Ȝif hit is ope and under...
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sword-brother
† sword-brother Obs. [f. sword n. + brother n. Cf. MLG. swertbroder, MHG. swertbruoder (G. schwertbruder Hist.), MDa. sværdbroder = sword-bearer e.] A comrade in arms.c 1205 Lay. 4144 Ich wulle mine rihte faren to stal fehte to-gene þene swerd broþeren þe beiene beoh for-sworne. Ibid. 30523 He bigon...
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wile
▪ I. wile, n. (waɪl) Forms: 2–5 wil, 4–8 wyle, (4 wylle, Sc. quhile, 5 whyle, wyhylle, wele, Sc. wyill), 5–6 wyll, (while, vyle, 6 wyell, 7 wiele), 4– wile. [Origin and early history obscure. The earliest examples are from regions subjected to strong Scandinavian influence. Early ME. wīl may therefo...
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steal
▪ I. steal, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (stiːl) Forms: 1 stela, steola, stæla, 4–7, 9 stele, 5–6 stile, 5, 7 steele, 6 style, steyle, 6–7 steile, 6–9 steale, 7, 9 steel, 9 steil, steyl, 8–9 stell, steal. [OE. stela wk. masc., f. OTeut. *stel- (cf. Gr. στελεός, -όν handle), ablaut-var. of *stal- whence stale...
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