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.

Sore, sb. sore, misery, C2; sor, S; sar, S; soore, Prompt.—­AS. sAir.

Soren, pp. shorn, S; see Schere.

Sort, sb. destiny, chance, lot, C, W; sorte, turn (= Lat. vice), W.—­AF. sort; Lat. sortem.

Sorwe, sb. sorrow, S, S2, CM, C2; sor3*e, S; zor3*e, S2; sori3*e, S; sore3*e, S; sare3*e, S; soreghe, S2; seorewe, S; serewe, S; seoruwe, S; serwe, S2; soru, S2; sorhe, S; sorewe, S, S2.—­AS. sorh :  OS. sorga.

Sorwe-ful, adj. sorrowful, C; sorful, S; sorwefully, adv. sorrowfully, C2

Sorwen, v. to sorrow, CM; serr3*heA3/4A3/4, pr. s., S.—­AS. sorgian.

Sorwynge, sb. sorrowing, CM; sorewyngis, pl., W.

Sory, adj. sorry, wretched, painful, grievous, Prompt., S2, C, C2, PP, G; sori, S, S2, PP; sari, S; sA|ri, S; sariliche, adv., S; soryly, Prompt. Comb.:  sory-*mod, sad in mind, S.—­AS. sAirig.

Sorynesse, sb. sadness, Prompt.; sorinesse, S.—­AS. sAirignes.

Soster, sb. sister, S2; see Suster.

Sote, adj. sweet, C2, C3; see Swete.

Soth, adj. and sb. true, truth, sooth, soothsaying, S, S2, C3, P, H; sooth, C2; suth, S2; sothe, W, S2, S3, P; soothe, S3; zoA3/4e, S2; sothely, adv., verily, PP, W; soothly, C2. Comb.:  soA deg.fast, true, S, S3, H; sothefast, W; soothfastnesse, truth, C2, C3, H; sothnes, truth, S2, H; sothnesse, S2, P; sothriht, truly, S.—­AS. sA cubedA deg. (for *_sonA deg._, *_sanA deg._); cp.  Icel. sannr (for *_sanA deg.r_); cp.  Dan. sand.

Sothe, adj. south, S3; see Sowthe.

Sothien, v. to verify, SD, SkD (s. v. soothe); i-soA deg.et, pp., S.—­AS. ge-sA cubedA deg.ian.

Sothroun, adj. southern, S3; see Sowtherne.

Sotte, sb. fool, S, Prompt., PP; sot, S, S2; sottes, gen., S, S2. Der.:  sotlice, foolishly, S; sotschipe, folly, S; sotted, besotted, C3.—­OF. sot.

Sotyle, adj. subtle, fine-wrought, crafty, ingenious, Prompt.; sotyl, PP; sotil, PP, C; sotel, PP; sutelle, Cath.; sutaille, S3; sotely, adv., PP; suteli, W.—­AF. sotil, sutil; Lat. subti*lem.

Sotyle, v. to reason subtly, to make use of cunning, PP; sotilen, PP; sutils, pr. s., makes subtle, H.

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