beswiken

From Old Dutch beswīkan, from Proto-Germanic *biswīkwaną, from *swīkwaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ swiken.

beswiken

1. to abandon, to forsake
2. to succumb, to collapse

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: bezwijken
• Limburgish: bezwieke

• “beswiken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “beswiken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English beswīcan (“to deceive, seduce, entice”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”). Cognate with Scots beswik, beswick (“to beguile, deceive”), Dutch bezwijken (“to succumb”), Old High German biswīhhan (“to deceive, seduce, capture”), Icelandic svikja (“to betray”).

beswiken

1. to lure; allure; cheat; deceive