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.

Senged, pp. sun-burnt, S3 (p. 364, 1. 29); see Sengin.

Sisour, sb. juror, PP; sysour, P; see Asisour.

Stok.  Prof.  Napier maintains that the stokess of the Ormulum cannot be identified with AS. stocc, as the gemination of the consonant persists in the Ormulum.  He suggests that stokess means ‘places,’ comparing the use of stoke in place-names, e.g. Wude stoke in Chron. (Earle, p. 249), He also cites in illustration AS. stoc-weard, ‘oppidanus,’ see Leo, p. 206.

Sum (I). Delesumere, dat, S;’

Twichand, pres. pt. touching, regarding, S3 (13. 271).

Tyred, pp. attired, dressed, S2; see Atyren.

UrA3/4e (written VrA3/4e), sb. earth, S2; see Erthe.

Whicche, a chest, trunk, box; whucche, PP; whyche, Prompt.; hoche, Prompt.—­AS. hwicce; ‘Clustella, hwicce;’ Engl.  Studien, xi. 65.

Wike, sb. pl. the corners of the mouth, S (4 a. 49).—­Cf.  Icel. munnvik, pl., the corners of the mouth; see CV (s.v. munnr).  The word wikes is still in use in this sense at Whitby.  See Whitby Glossary (E.D.S.).

Wone, adj. one, S3 (7. 97); see Oon.

Wyne-grapis, sb. pl. vine-grapes, S3 (13. 99).

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