16 January 2015

SWIKA ~ to swing, sway, swift, wield, yield, collapse, succumb


SWIKA (1) - (be-)zwijken; to collapse, succumb, yield, go under - 1,2,7,9,10 (numbers refer to fragments below)
SWIK[A] (2) - zwikken, zwenken, wankelen; to swing, sway, stagger - 4
SWIK[A] (3) - zwaaien, zwenken, slingeren; to swing, sway, wield (something) - 5,6

BISWIKE, [-A] - as SWIKA (1) - 11
OFSWIK[A] - afzwikken, -zwenken; ('to sway off': ) to tumble off, fall - 8
LOVE TO SWIK[A] - lof toezwaaien; ('to sway love to someone': ) to laud - 3

HWIP ÀND SWIK SPÉLE - (my guess:) wippen en schommelen of draaien (in draaimolen?); to play on seesaw and swing or carousel - 12
(note: a dutch cardgame is called "zwikken", but so is a cake-hurling game)


1 [original manuscript page/line: 011/23]
THA MODELÁSA SKILUN ÀMMAR SWIKA VNDER.HJARA AJN LÉD
[Ottema & Sandbach translations: p.19]
De moedeloozen zullen immer bezwijken onder hun eigen leed
those who give way to discouragement sink under their burdens

2 [083/30]
THI ALLE SKILUM THRVCH MORT SWIKA
[O-S p.115]
Die allen zullen door moord bezwijken
They shall all fall by murder

3 [092/02]
THÀTSTER SOKKE HÁGE LOVE TO SWIKTH
[O-S p.127]
dat gij haar zulken hoogen lof toezwaait
that you respect [laud] her so highly

4 [095/03]
THIS SWIKT ÀND TRULDE VPPET GÀRS DEL
[O-S p.131]
deze wankelde en tuimelde op het gras neder
who staggered and fell on the grass

5 [095/11]
THRÍJA SWIKTE HJA THAM OR HJRA HOLE
[O-S p.133]
dit zwaaide zij driemaal over haar hoofd
She waved it three times over her head

6 [115/21]
SWIKTON THA WOLKA WITHER VP JRTHA
[O-S p.159]
slingerden de wolken weder op aarde
the clouds flung upon the earth

7 [124/11]
WI MOSTON WEL SWIKA
[O-S p.171]
Wij moesten wel zwichten
We were obliged to yield

8 [130/29]
BERGA THÉR THA KRUNNA OFSWIKTE
[O-S p.179]
bergen, wier kruinen aftuimelden
The tops of high mountains fell

9 [133/20]
ALLE ÔTHERA SEND VNDERA SLÉGA SWIKT
[O-S p.183]
alle anderen zijn onder de slagen bezweken
all the others died by violence

10 [142/19]
RJUCHT ÀND FRYHÉD SKILUN SWIKA
[O-S p.193]
Vrijheid en recht zullen bezwijken
Freedom and justice shall be overcome

11 [165/23]
THRVCH HONGER BISWIKE
[O-S p.223]
van honger bezwijken
dying [...] of hunger

12 [197/19]
HWIP ÀND SWIK SPÉLE
[O-S p.237]
wip en zwik spelen [wip en schommel of zweef?]
playing ['whip and swick'] games of swinging and wrestling [seesaw and swing?]

fragment of Course of Empire, pt.4: Destruction (1836) by Thomas Cole

some related words in various languages (list not complete):

dutch: (be-)zwijken, zwenken, zwengelen, zwikken, zwaaien, zweven, zwieren, zwiepen
frisian: swichte, swaeije, sweve, swiere, swifte, swikke, swinke, swypje
norse: svaie, sveive, svekke, svike, svinge, svinne
swedish: svaja, svinga, svänga, svika
german: schwingen, (ver-)schwinden
english: to sway, swing, swink
lithuanian: svaigti
russian: svigat

olddutch: swiken, suicken, swycken, swencken, swengen, swanken, swaeyen, sweben
oldgerman: swihhan, sweichen, swiften, swenken, swingan, swanken, sweben
oldsaxon: swikan, swingan
oldfrisian: swika, swenga, swanga, swenza, swiva
oldenglish: swican, swengan, swincan, swifan
oldnorse: svíkja, svikva, svykva, svifast, svigna, sveigja, swífa
gothic: sweiban, afswaggwjan
oldrussian: chvejati

in the Westfrisian dialect, "swikke" can also mean to french-kiss

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