"swike" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /swaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swike.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more swike [comparative], most swike [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, *swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swiken}} Middle English swiken, {{inh|en|ang|swīcan|t=to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel}} Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swīkwan}} Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swīkwaną}} Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, {{m|gem-pro|*swīkaną|t=to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray}} *swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sweyg-|t=to turn, move around, wander, swing}} Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} swike (comparative more swike, superlative most swike)
  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-swike-en-adj-CpLCw1wf

Noun

IPA: /swaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swike.wav [Southern-England] Forms: swikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, *swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swiken}} Middle English swiken, {{inh|en|ang|swīcan|t=to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel}} Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swīkwan}} Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swīkwaną}} Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, {{m|gem-pro|*swīkaną|t=to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray}} *swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sweyg-|t=to turn, move around, wander, swing}} Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} swike (plural swikes)
  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery. Tags: Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-swike-en-noun-nUOjtpA~ Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-swike-en-noun-e95LK~mn
  3. (dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-swike-en-noun-45LBdAkA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 27 17 48 2 2

Verb

IPA: /swaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swike.wav [Southern-England] Forms: swikes [present, singular, third-person], swiking [participle, present], swoke [past], swicken [participle, past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, *swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swiken}} Middle English swiken, {{inh|en|ang|swīcan|t=to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel}} Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swīkwan}} Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swīkwaną}} Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, {{m|gem-pro|*swīkaną|t=to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray}} *swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sweyg-|t=to turn, move around, wander, swing}} Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”) Head templates: {{en-verb|swikes|swiking|swoke|swicken}} swike (third-person singular simple present swikes, present participle swiking, simple past swoke, past participle swicken)
  1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-swike-en-verb-GptYUIdI
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, cease. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-swike-en-verb-h1Nt57qy

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To deceive, cheat; betray."
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          "cheat",
          "cheat"
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          "betray",
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        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray."
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      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop, cease."
      ],
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        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
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          "cease",
          "cease"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, cease."
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/swaɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪk/1 syllable"
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        "3": "swiken"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "en",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "gem-pro",
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      },
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    },
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        "t": "to turn, move around, wander, swing"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deceitful; treacherous."
      ],
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          "treacherous"
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        "(dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous."
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/swaɪk/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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  ],
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}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪk",
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        "3": "swiken"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "en",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*swīkaną",
        "t": "to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray"
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      "expansion": "*swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "t": "to turn, move around, wander, swing"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "swikes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deceit; treachery."
      ],
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        [
          "Deceit",
          "deceit"
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        [
          "treachery",
          "treachery"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1848, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Harold, the Last of the Saxons",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A deceiver; betrayer, traitor."
      ],
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        [
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          "deceiver"
        ],
        [
          "betrayer",
          "betrayer"
        ],
        [
          "traitor",
          "traitor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hiding place; den; cave."
      ],
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        [
          "den",
          "den"
        ],
        [
          "cave",
          "cave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/swaɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swike.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swike"
}

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