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sg. III. nē gōd hafoc
geond sæl swingeð, 2265.

swīcan, st. v. : 1) _to deceive, leave in the lurch, abandon_: pret. sg.
nǣfre hit (_the sword_) æt hilde ne swāc manna ǣngum, 1461. --2) _to
escape_: subj. pret. būtan his līc swice, 967.

ge-swīcan, _to deceive, leave in the lurch_: pret. sg. gūð-bill ge-swāc
nacod æt nīðe, 2585, 2682; w. dat.
sēo ecg ge-swāc þēodne æt þearfe (_the
sword failed the prince in need_), 1525.

swīð, swȳð (Goth, swinþ-s), adj. , _strong, mighty_: nom. sg. wæs þæt
ge-win tō swȳð, 191. --Comp. nom. sg. sīo swīðre hand (_the right hand_),
2099; _harsh_, 3086.

swīðe, adv. , _strongly, very, much_, 598, 998, 1093, 1744, 1927; swȳðe,
2171, 2188. Compar. swīðor, _more, rather, more strongly_, 961, 1140, 1875,
2199--Comp. un-swīðe.

ofer-swīðian, w. v.