A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

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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.

Surplys, sb. surplice, C3.—­OF. surplis; Late Lat. superpelliceum.

Surquidry sb. pride, arrogance, WA; surquedry, ND, Spenser 2; surquidrie, CM; succudry, B.—­OF. surcuiderie, from surcuider; Lat. super + cogitare, to think.

Surrye, sb.  Syria, S2.

Surryen, adj.  Syrian, S2.

Suspect, sb. suspicion, C2, HD.—­Late Lat. suspectus, suspicion (Ducange).

Suspect, adj. open to suspicion, C2.—­Lat. suspectus, pp. of suspicere, to suspect.

Sustene, v. to sustain, C2; susteene, C3; susteyne, PP; sustened, pp., C2; i-susteined, S2; i-sousteined, S2.—­AF. sustener, OF. sostenir; Lat. sustine*re.

Suster, sb. sister, S, C2, C3, PP; soster, S2; sustre, P; sustren, pl., S, P; sostren, S2; zostren, S2; sistren, C; sistris, W.—­AS. swuster, sweostor; cp.  Goth. swistar (Icel. systir), cognate with Lat. soror (for *_sosor_), Skt. svasr.  On the Teutonic intrusive t see Douse, p. 61.

Sute, sb. suit of clothes, clothing of human flesh, also train, suite, PP, Cath., Prompt.—­AF. suyte; from suivre, sivre, to follow.  See Suen.

Sutel, adj. manifest, SD; suteliche, adv. plainly, S.—­AS. sweotol (swutol), see OET; from sweot, an assembly; cp.  Icel. sveit.

Suteli, adv. subtly, W; see Sotyle.

Sutelin, v. to be manifest, S.—­AS. (ge)_sweotulian_.

SuA deg., adj. south, S; see Sowthe.

SuA3/4e, adv. very, S; see Swithe.

SuA3/4A3/4e, afterwards, since, S, S2; see SiA deg.A deg.en.

Suthroun, adj. southern, S3; see Sowtherne.

Suun, sb. a swoon, S2; see Swowne.

Suwed, pp. followed, S2; see Suen.

Swa, adv. and conj. so, as, S, S2; swo, S; sa, S, S2; so, S, S2; se, S; sua, S, S2; zuo, S2. Comb.:  se-forA deg., so far, S; sogat, in such a way, S2.—­AS. swAi.

Swage, v. to assuage, diminish, W, W2, H, S3.  See Aswagen.

Swaliden, pt. pl. dried up, W; see Swelen.

Swamish, adj. timorous, inaudaculus, Manip.  See Sweem.

Swappe, sb. a stroke, HD.

Swappen, v. to strike, slash, to fall suddenly, C2; swap, imp. s., C3; swapte, pt. s., C2; pl., S3.

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