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_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 o't_, 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~.
