Soutere, sb. cobbler, S3; souter, PP; sowter, Cath., ND.—­AS. sAtere (Voc.); Lat. sutor.

Souteresse, sb. a woman shoe-seller, P.

Souenaunce, sb. remembrance, S3.—­OF. sovenance, also souvenance (Cotg.), from sovenir; Lat. subuenire.

SouerentA", sb. sovereignty, Prompt.; souerayntee, C2.—­AF. soverainte.

Souereyn, adj. and sb. supreme, sovereign, C, C2, C3; souereynes, pl., superiors, P, W; sufrayns, H; souereyneste, superl., W2; soueraignly, adv., C.—­AF. soverein; Late Lat. *_superanum_.

Sowdan,, sb. sultan, S2, C3.—­OF. soudan, souldan; Arab. sultAcn.

Sowdanesse, sb. sultaness, S2, C3.

Sowde, v. to strengthen; sowdid, pp. (= Lat. consolidatae), W.—­OF. souder (Cotg.):  It. soldare; Lat. solidare, see SkD (s. v. solder).

Sowde, sb. stipend, pay, W; sowd, Prompt.; sowdis, pl., W.—­OF. soude; Lat. soldum, a sum of money, from solidus.

Sowdyowre, sb. one that fights for pay, soldier, Prompt.; soudiour, S3.—­Cp.  OF. soudoier (Ducange).

Sowen, v. to sow, S, PP; sawe, S; souwen, PP; sewe, pt. s., W; sew, H; sewen, pl., S; seowe, pt. s. subj., S; sowun, pp., W; sowe, G; 3*e-sawen, S.—­AS. sAiwan.

Sowse, v. to immerse in brine, to plunge in water, to drench with rain, Palsg., S3; soused, pp., pickled, Sh.; soust, drenched, Spenser 1.—­From OF. sause, sauce; Lat. salsa, salted.

Sowse, sb. a dish of pickled food, succidium, Voc.

Sowthe, adj. south, Prompt.; sothe, S3; suA deg., S. Comb.:  SouA3/4-hamtessire, Hampshire, S2; SuA deg.-sA|xe, Sussex, SD.—­AS. sAA deg.:  OHG. sund-ana, from the south (Tatian).

Sowtherne, adj. southern, Prompt.; souA3/4eron, S2; southren, C3; sothroun, S3; suthroun, S3.

Soyr, adj. brown (as of withered leaves), S3.—­OF. sor (Roland); cp.  F. saure.  Of Teutonic origin.  See Seere.

SpA|c, pt. s. of Speken, q. v.

SpA|che, sb. speech, S; see Speche.

Spak, adj. wise, prudent, quiet, gentle, SD; spake, HD; spakliche, adv., SD; spakli, S2.—­Icel. spakr, quiet, gentle, wise.

Spale, sb. a chip of wood, splinter, S, SD; spalle, Prompt.; spolle, Prompt.; spole, Voc.—­Icel. spAlr (spala, gen. pl.).