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.

SmyA3/4A3/4e, sb. smithy, forge, S2; smythy, Prompt.—­AS. smiA deg.A deg.e (Voc.).

Snapere, v. to trip, to stumble, W2, SD; snapper, HD; snapirs, pr. s., WA.

SnaA deg., pt. s. cut, S; see SniA deg.en.

Snaw, sb. snow, S; see Snow.

Snelle, adj. quick, sharp, S, S2; snell, S3; snel, S.—­AS. snell:  OHG. snel (Otfrid).

Snepe, adj. foolish, S.

Snesien, v. to strike, S.—­AS. snA|*san (in Ai-snA|*san, BT), to put on a spit; from snAis, a spit (Voc.); cp.  Icel. sneisa from sneis.

SniA deg.en, v. to cut; snaA deg., pt. s., S.—­AS. snA-A deg.an, pt. snAiA deg. (pl. snidon); cp.  OHG. snA-dan (Tatian).

Sniwen, v. to snow; snewen, SD; sniuAz, pr. s., S; sniweAz, SD; snew, pt. s., SD; snewede, C.—­AS. snA-wan.

Snorkil, sb. wrinkle, H.—­Cp.  North.  E. snurkle, to run into knots, JD, snurl, to wrinkle, JD; cp.  OHG. snuor, string, see Fick, 7. 351.

Snow, sb. snow, Prompt., PP; snou3*, PP; snou, S; snaw, S.—­AS. snAiw:  Goth, snaiws.

Snowte, sb. snout, Prompt.; snute, S.—­Cp.  G. schnauze.

Snybbyn, v. to rebuke, Prompt., C; snube, H; snybid, pt. pl., H; snyband, pr. p., H; snibbed, pp., C2.

Snybbynge, sb. rebuke, Prompt.; snybynge, H; snibbing, S2; snybyngis, pl., H.

Snytyn, v. to clear the nose, Prompt.; snytte, pt. s., S2; y-snyt, pp., S2.

Sobre, adj. sober, sedate, C2; sobur, Prompt.—­OF. sobre; Lat. sobrium.

Sobreliche, adj. and adv. sedate, soberly, CM; soburly, CM; soberly, C.

Soburnesse, sb. soberness, Prompt.

Soche, adj. such, S; see Swyche.

Socht, pt. pl. sought, went, S3; see Sechen.

Socour, sb. succour, C2, C3; socowre, Prompt.—­AF. sucur, soccour, OF. socors; Late Lat. succursus (Ducange).

Sodeyn, adj. sudden, C2, C3; sodeynly, adv. suddenly, S3, C2; sodeynliche, S2.—­AF. sodeyne; Late Lat. subitanum, see BH, ASec.122.

Softe, adj. soft, warm, mild, gentle, S, S2, C3; adv. gently, luxuriously, S2, S, C3; softeliche, gently, S; softely, C3. Comb.:  zoft-hede, sb. softness, S2.—­AS. sA cubedfte.

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