A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Sans, prep, without, C3; sanz, S2, PP; saun, HD. Comb.:  saun fail, without fail, HD.—­OF. sans, senz; Lat. sine, see BH, ASec. 50.

Sant, adj. and sb. holy, saint, S2; sante, S; sanct, B.—­Lat. sanctus.  Cf. Seint.

Sanyt, pt. s. crossed himself, S2; see Seynen.

Sape, sb. soap, S; see Soope.

Saphir, sb. sapphire; safiris, W (Apoc. 21. 19); saphires, pl., C2, PP; safferes, P.—­AF. safir, saphire; Lat. sapphirum (acc.); Gr. [Greek:  shappheiros]; Heb. sappA(R)r.

Sapience, sb.  Wisdom, i.e. the book so called, C2, P; wisdom, C3; sapiences, pl., kinds of intelligence, C3.—­OF. sapience; Lat. sapientia.

Sar, Sare, Sair; see Sore.

Sarce, sb. sieve, Cath., Palsg,; searce, Cotg. (s.v. tamis); sarse, Cath. (n); sars, Cath. (n).—­OF. sas, a searce (Cotg.), saas:  Sp. cedAizo (Minsheu); Lat. setaceum, from seta, hair on an animal.  See Say.

Sarce, v. to sift, Palsg.; searse, Cath. (n).—­OF. sasser.

Sari, adj. sorry, S; see Sory.

Sark, sb. shirt, S3; see Serk.

Sarmoun, sb. sermon, P; see Sermoun.

Satern, sb.  Saturnus, SD. Comb.:  Sateres-dai, Saturday, S; Saterdei, S; seterday, PP; sA|tterdA|i, S; saterday, PP; seturday, PP.

Sattel, v. to subside, S2, S3; see Setlen.

Sauf, adj. safe, healed, made whole, S2, C3, P; sauff, S2; saf, S2; saaf, S2, W; sauf, prep., save, except, C; saue, C2, C3; saulfe, S3; saufliche, adv., safely, S2; saufly, C, C2, PP; sauely, H. Comb.:  saulfe-garde, safe-keeping, S3; salfgard, S3.—­AF. sauf, OF. salf; Lat. saluum.

Saugh, saw; see Seon.

Saughte, v. to be reconciled, G. See Saht.

Saule, sb. soul, S; sawl, S; saull, S3; saulen, pl., S; see Soule.

Saumon, sb. salmon, Voc.; salmond, B; samon, S2; samowne, Prompt.—­OF. saumun, salmon; Lat. salmonem.

Saumplarie, sb. example, instructor, PP.

Saumple, sb. example, PP, W2, HD.

Saumpler, sb. exemplar, pattern, W.

Saundyuer, sb. the fatty substance floating on glass when it is red-hot in the furnace, S2; sawndevere, HD; sandiver, Cotg.—­OF. suin de verre, the sweating of glass (Cotg.); suin or suint, from suinter, to sweat, as stones in moist weather; nasalised from OTeut. base SWIT, whence G. schwitzen, to sweat.

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