- beswican
- ensnare, deceive
The Old English to English . 2014.
beswican
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beswícan — sv/t1 3rd pres beswícþ past beswác/beswicon ptp beswicen to deceive, seduce, betray, circumvent, frustrate; to overcome, supplant … Old to modern English dictionary
ensnare — beswican … English to the Old English
be- — prefix 1. specializes the meaning of a transitive verb (behón, besettan); 2. makes an intransitive verb transitive (beswícan, beþencan); 3. is privative (bedǽlan, belíðan); 4. does not alter the meaning (becuman) … Old to modern English dictionary
sierwan — 1 wv/t1b 3rd pres siereþ past sierede ptp gesiered, gesierwed 1. in a good sense, to plan, devise, use art in doing something; 2. in a bad sense, (1) wv/t1b to plan, contrive, devise, plot, attempt with craft; (a) to devise a plan; (b) to lie in… … Old to modern English dictionary
deceive — bepaecan, swican, beswican … English to the Old English
