also beeswik, beswiacucan, beswyke, beswyken, bisquyke, bisuike, biswike, biswiken, byswike, byswyke; pa. tense beswác, biswak, bisuak, biswok, biswoke; pa. pple. biswicen, biswiken CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Old English beswiacucan to evade, betray, deceive, = Old Saxon biswîcan, Old High German biswîhhan (Middle High German beswîchen), from be- + swiacucan:—Old Teutonic *swîqan to cease, go away, leave off 971 - The Blickling Homilies; see Example below From: The Blickling Homilies of the Tenth Century
From the Marquis of Lothian's Unique MS. A.D. 971 Edited by the Rev. R. Morris Published for the Early English Text Society, 1880 Old English Homilies From Lord Lothian's MS. A.D. 979 I. Annunciato S. Marlæ (The Beginning is Lost) P. 5
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