Obs. [OE. hláfordswica, f. hláford LORD sb. + swica deceiver.] A deceiver of his lord; a traitor.
c. 1000. Kalendar, in Sax. Leechd., III. 228. Ne þearf he him na ondrædan helle witan butan he beo hlafordswica.
c. 1205. Lay., 22138. Swa fule biwite pæt he weore lauerd-swike.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 6399. Alle traitours & louerd suiken god late hom so spede.
1306. Song on Simon Fraser, in Pol. Songs (Camd.), 220.
| For that he wes lord-swyke, furst he wes to-drawe, | |
| Upon a retheres hude forth he wes y-tuht. |
c. 1325. Chron. Eng., 1033, in Ritson, Metr. Rom., II. 313. For he wes loverdsuyke, Heo ladden him to Warewyke,… Ther his heved wes of smyte.
