† i-swikev.
Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To fail, cease. (In Old English with gen. or dative.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]
i-swikec893
swikec897
atwindc1000
linOE
studegieOE
stintc1175
letc1200
stuttea1225
leavec1225
astint1250
doc1300
finec1300
blina1325
cease1330
stable1377
resta1382
ho1390
to say or cry ho1390
resta1398
astartc1400
discontinuec1425
surcease1428
to let offc1450
resista1475
finish1490
to lay a straw?a1505
to give over1526
succease1551
to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556
end1557
to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560
stick1574
stay1576
to draw bridle1577
to draw rein1577
to set down one's rest1589
overgive1592
absist1614
subsista1639
beholdc1650
unbridle1653
to knock offa1657
acquiesce1659
to set (up) one's rest1663
sista1676
stop1689
to draw rein1725
subside1734
remit1765
to let up1787
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to cry crack1888
to shut off1896
to pack in1906
to close down1921
to pack up1925
to sign off1929
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. i. §6 Hie ðæs gefeohtes geswicen.
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. x. §2 Þæt hie wolden Romanum geswican.
c1000 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 994 (MS. C.) Hi þære heregunge geswicon.
c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1001 (MS. E.) Hi næfre heora yfeles geswicon.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 17 Ȝif heo nulluð nefre iswiken.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 927 I bidde hom þat heo iswike.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 3261 Nou hii beþ al onywar hii wolleþ yswyke by daye.
b. transitive. To cease from (an action, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]
aswikec975
linOE
beleavec1175
forletc1175
i-swikec1175
restc1175
stutte?c1225
lina1300
blinc1314
to give overc1325
to do wayc1350
stintc1366
finisha1375
leavea1375
yleavec1380
to leave offa1382
refuse1389
ceasec1410
resigna1413
respite?a1439
relinquish1454
surcease1464
discontinue1474
unfill1486
supersede1499
desist1509
to have ado?1515
stop1525
to lay aside1530
stay1538
quata1614
to lay away1628
sist1635
quita1642
to throw up1645
to lay by1709
to come off1715
unbuckle1736
peter1753
to knock off1767
stash1794
estop1796
stow1806
cheese1811
to chuck itc1879
douse1887
nark1889
to stop off1891
stay1894
sling1902
can1906
to lay off1908
to pack in1934
to pack up1934
to turn in1938
to break down1941
to tie a can to (or on)1942
to jack in1948
to wrap it up1949
c1175 Cott. Hom. 227 Hi þa iswicon hare timbringe.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 101 He bið þes deofles bern buten he hit iswike.
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