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† i-ˈswike, v. Obs.
[OE. ᵹeswícan, f. ᵹe-, i-1 + swícan to cease; = OS. giswîcan.]
a. intr. To fail, cease. (In OE. with gen. or dat.)
b. trans. To cease from (an action, etc.).
c893K. ælfred Oros. iii. i. §6 Hie ðæs ᵹefeohtes ᵹeswicen. Ibid. v. x. §2 Þæt hie wolden Romanum ᵹeswican. c1000O.E. Chron. an. 994 (MS. C.) Hi þære hereᵹunge ᵹeswicon. c1100Ibid. an. 1001 (MS. E.) Hi næfre heora yfeles ᵹeswicon. c1175Cott. Hom. 227 Hi þa iswicon hare timbringe. c1175Lamb. Hom. 17 Ȝif heo nulluð nefre iswiken. Ibid. 101 He bið þes deofles bern buten he hit iswike. a1250Owl & Night. 927, I bidde hom þat heo iswike. |