_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~.

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