geswican

• ġesƿīcan

From ġe- +‎ swīcan.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈswiːkɑn/

ġeswīcan

1. to stop, quit
   • c. 900, the Old English Orosius

     Þā hīe lange fuhton, þā clipode Lacedaemōnia ealdormann tō Arcadium and bǣdon þæt hīe þæs ġefeohtes ġeswicon þæt hīe mōston þā dēadan bebyrġan þe heora folces ofslagen wǣron.

     When they had been fighting for a long time, the leader of the Laconians called out to the Arcadians and asked them to stop the fighting so they could bury the dead of their nation who had been killed.

   ġeswīcan tō bēonne

   to cease to exist

   Iċ ġeswāc tō drinċenne.

   I stopped drinking.

   Þā se reġn ġeswāc, þā ēodon þā ċildru ūt.

   When the rain stopped, the children went outside.

   Se swēġ ġeswāc swā fǣrlīċe swā hē ongann.

   The noise ceased as suddenly as it had started.

2. to fail