A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1514
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(Swike,) Swyk, v. P.t. swekit. [ME swike(n (Layamon), swic(en (c1220), suick, squike, squeke (all Cursor M.), swyke(n (Rolle), p.t. suak (Cursor M.), swyk(k)ede (?a1400), OE swícan, ON svíkja. Also in the later dial.] tr. To cheat, deceive. —1513 Doug. iv ii 72 (Sm.).
Sum tyme wald scho Ascanius, the page … in hir bosum brace, gif scho tharby The luif vntellable [sc. for Aeneas] mycht swyk or satisfy 1514 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. I 255.
It is weill knawin … that he swekit and defraudit his bruthir
