An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 854

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 854


_Stat. Gild._


A. S. _sweg_, pl. _swegas_, sound in general, any musical instrument; Moes. G. _swiga-jon_, to pipe.


SWEUIN, SWEVING, SWEVYNYNG, SWENYNG, _s._ A dream, the act of dreaming.


_Douglas._


A. S. _swef-en_, Isl. _sueffn_, id. from _swaef-a_, dormire.


SWYCHT, _adj._ Perh. for _wicht_, powerful, with _s._ prefixed.


_Barbour._


SWICK, _adj._ Clear of any thing, Banffs.


Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.


_To_ SWICK, _v. a._


1. To deceive, to illude, Fife.


2. To blame, Ang.


A. S. _swic-an_, decipere; also, offendere.


~Swick~, ~Swyk~, _s._


1. Fraud, S. B.


_Wyntown._


Su. G. _swik_, anc. _swick_, id.


2. Blameableness.


_I had nae swick ot_, I had no blameableness in it, S. B.


A. S. _swica_, _swic_, offensa.


3. A deceiver, Fife.


A. S. _swice_, deceptor.


~Swicky~, _adj._


1. Deceitful, Ang.


2. Sportively, tricky, Ang.


V. ~Swik~.


_To_ SWIDDER, _v. n._ To hesitate, p.r.o.n. _swither_, S.


_Ross._


A. S. _swaether_, which of the two; Su. G. _swaefw-a_, fluctuare.


_To_ ~Swidder~, _v. a._ To cause to be irresolute.


V. _v. n._


_Douglas._


~Swidder~, ~Swiddering~, ~Swither~, _s._ Doubt, hesitation, S.


_Ross._


SWIFF, _s._ Rotatory motion, or the humming sound produced by it, Loth.


Isl. _swef-ast_, Su. G. _swaefw-a_, circ.u.magere.


_To_ SWIG, _v. n._ To turn suddenly, S. A.


~Swig~, _s._ The act of turning suddenly, S. A.


Isl. _sweig-a_, to bend.


_Gl. Complaynt._


_To_ SWIK, _v. a._ To a.s.suage pain or grief, by fixing the attention upon some interesting object.


_Douglas._


A. S. _swic-an_, fallere.


SWYK, _s._ Fraud, deceit.


V. ~Swick~.







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