† leweadj.
Treacherous.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [adjective]
lewec1000
culvert?c1225
false?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treasonfula1400
traitorfulc1440
treasonousc1450
treasonable1487
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
unfaithful1530
trustless1554
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
truce-breaking1592
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
betraying1629
infide1663
traditoriana1734
Iscariotic1879
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective]
swikec893
lewec1000
swikelc1000
swikefulc1100
culvert?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treacherc1400
traitorfulc1440
proditorious?a1475
fraudfulc1475
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
perfidiousa1538
snakya1586
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
traitor-wise1598
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
Judaslya1626
fidious1640
traditoriana1734
double-crossing1838
Judasian1855
Iscariotic1879
two-timing1927
two-time1937
quisling1941
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 16 Iudam scarioð se wæs læwa [Lindisf. hlega].
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 7 Þeos world is whilende and ontful and swiðe lewe an swincful.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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adj.c1000see also
- on the right side of history
- on the right side of the blanket
- on the right side of the post
- on the right track
- on the rise
- on the river
- on the road
- on the road of recovery
- on the road to recovery
- on the rob
- on the rocks
- on the rood
- on the root
- on the ropes
- on the rory
- on the rounds
- on the rout
- on the rove
- on the rud
- on the run
- on the rush
- on the safe side
- on the same flat
- on the sauce
- on the say-so of