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swike - What does it mean?

Definition of 'swike'

English

Verb

  • (transitive|dialectal|or|obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray
  • (transitive|dialectal|or|obsolete) To stop, blin, cease
  • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (dialectal|or|obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (dialectal|chiefly|Scotland) Deceit; treachery
  • (dialectal|or|obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor
  • * 1848 , Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings :
  • The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike , or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered.
  • (dialectal|or|obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave