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.

Syde, adj. and adv. wide, long, far, Cath.; side, S, PP, S2, Cotg. (s.v. robon); syd, Prompt. (n); syyd, Prompt.; cyyd, Prompt.; sydder, comp., P.—­AS. sA-d, wide, sA-de, far.

Syen, pt. pl. saw; see Seon.

Syke, sb. sigh, C; syk, C2; seych, S3.

Syken, v. to sigh, C, C3, PP; siken, S, S2, PP; syghte, pt. s., C3; sicht, S3; sykede, PP; syked, C2; si3*ede, S3.—­AS. sA-can.

Syment, sb. cement, MD; cyment, MD.—­OF. ciment; Lat. caementum; see BH, ASec. 39.

Symented, pp. cemented, S2.

Symulacris, sb. pl. images, idols, W; simylacris, W; symelacris, W.—­Lat. simulacrum (Vulg.).

Syn, since, S2, S3; see SiA deg.A deg.en.

Synewe, sb. sinew, Prompt.; synow, Voc.; synoghe, S2.—­AS. sinu (gen. sinwe), see Sievers, 259.

Syng, sb. sign, S3; singne, W; sygne, PP; signe, PP.—­AF. signe; Lat. signum.

Syngabil, adj. pl. things to sing ( = Lat. cantabiles), H.

Syngen, v. to sing, PP; singen, S; song, pt. s., S, S3, C2; pl., S3; songe, S3; sungen, pl., S; sunge, pp., S; songe, C2.—­AS. singan.

Synguler, adj. sole, alone, excelling all, PP; singuler, S2, C3, W2; relating to one person, S3; singulare, individual, S3; syngulerli, only, W2.—­Lat. singularis.

Synnamome, sb. cinnamon, S3; cynamome, MD; synamome, MD; synamon, MD.—­OF. cinamome; Lat. cinnamomum (Vulg.); Gr. [Greek:  kinamomon]; Heb. qinna*mo*n.

Synopyr, sb. a pigment of reddish and greenish colour, Prompt.; synopar, S3; cynoper, MD; cinoper, ND; cynope, green, in heraldry, SkD (s.v. sinople).—­Cp.  OF. sinople, green colour in blazon (Cotg.), also sinope; Late Lat. sinopidem, red ochre; from Gr. [Greek:  sinopis], a red earth; from [Greek:  Sinopae], Sinope, a port on the Black Sea.

Syon, sb. scion, a cutting for grafting, a young shoot, S3, Palsg.; cyun, Prompt.; cion, SkD; sioun, SD; siouns, pl., branches ( = Lat. palmites), W2.—­OF. cion.

Syrupe, sb. syrup, Cath.; sirop, SkD; soryp, Prompt.; seroppes, pl. syrups, S3.—­OF. syrop (Cotg.); Arab, shurAcb, syrup, a beverage.

Sythe, sb. scythe, PP, Voc., Prompt.; sithe, P.—­AS. sA-A deg.e (Voc.), sigdi (OET); cp.  Icel. sigA deg.r.

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