S.
S.
S.
saaf (A.N.)safe
sadde (A.S.)188,to make serious, steady
sadde (A.S.)152,serious, grave, steady
sadder (A.S.)77,sounder
safly (A.N.)safely
saille (A.N.)260,to leap
salve (A.N.)337,to apply salves
samplarie (A.N.)234,type, first copy
saufté (A.N.)safety
saughtne (A.S.)65,to be pacified, reconciled
saulee (A.N.)331(?)
saunz (A.N.)without
saute (A.N.)260,to jump
sauter (A.N.)the Psalter
savoren (A.N.)157,to savour
savour (A.N.)147,knowledge
sawe (A.S.)147,165,378,pl.sawes,174,a saying, legend, proverb
scathe (A.S.)46,70,71,298,injury, hurt
scryveynes (A.N.)193,writers
†se (A.N.)483,seat
secte (A.N.)106,107,216,a suit
see (A.S.)the sea
seel (A.S.)348,pl.seles,a seal
seem (A.S.)45,67,a seam(of wheat), a measure of eight bushels, originally as much as a horse could carry
sege (A.N.)443,siege
†seget (A.N.)489,subject
segge (A.S.)46,78,84,100,216,341,443,445,a man
seyen,290, seye, seyn, seggen,53,264, sigge,208,302, siggen,264,312,318,350(A.S.)to say.pres. s.I seye, he seith, thei siggen,320.pret. s.seide,pl.seiden
seillynge (A.S.)387,sailing
seynen (A.N.)to sign.pret. s.seyned,104
seint (A.N.)a saint
seken, seche (A.S.)to seek;273,to penetrate.pret. s. & pl.soughte.part. pas.y-sought
selde (A.S.)seldom. selden,365
selen (A.S.)to seal
self (A.S.)objec. s.selve,pl.selvesself-same. on the selve roode,427,on the cross itself
†sely (A.S.)477,simple, poor
selkouth (A.S.)pl.selkouthewonderful, strange
selles (A.N.)cells
semen (A.S.)328,to seem, appear, resemble. †I semed,460,I looked
semynge (A.S.)318,resembling
semy-vif (A.N.)351,half alive, i. e.half dead
sen,25, see,32(A.S.)to see.pres. sing.thow sest,15. he seeth,pl.we seen.pret. sing.seigh,77,147,200,247, seyghe,82, saugh,29,77,347,376,437,pl.seighe.part. pas.y-seyen, seyen,216,308,349, seene, y-seighen,77, seighen,177, y-seighe,365
senden (A.S.)to send.pret. s.sent,421,pl.senten
serelopes (A.S.)358,severally, by themselves
serk (A.S.)81,a shift, shirt
serven (A.N.)to serve
setten (A.S.)to set.pret. s. & pl.sette.part. past, seten,248
sewen (A.S.)to follow.seesuwen
shaar (A.S.)61,the blade or share of a plough
†shaf (A.S.)490,chaff
shaft (A.S.)161,225,make, creation
shaken (A.S.)to shake.pret. s.shook,268
shallen (A.S.)the auxiliary verb. sing.I shal,15. thow shalt,pl.ye shul,14, shulle,25, thei shulle,22—sholde, sholdest,pl.sholden, sholde
shapen, shape (A.S.)to make, create, shape.pret. s.shoop,1,163,197,225,443, shapte,361,433, for-shapte,365.pl.shopen.part. past, mys-shapen,144, shapen,280
shappere (A.S.)358,a maker, creator
sharpe (A.S.)443,pungent
sheep (A.S.)1,a sheep, or a shepherd
sheltrom (A.S.)278,a host, troop of soldiers
shenden (A.S.)to ruin, destroy.pret. s.shente,365.part. pas.shent
shene (A.S.)394,bright
shenfulliche (A.S.)59,shamefully, disastrously
shepstere (A.S.)265,a sheep-shearer(?)
shere (A.S.)a shear
sherreve (A.S.)31,51,a shire-reeve, orsheriff
sherewe, shrewe (A.S.)a shrew; a cursed one
shrewednesse (A.S.)cursedness
sheten (A.S.)to shoot.pret. pl.shotten,438
shetten, shette (A.S.)to shut.pret. s.shette
shide (A.S.)167,197,a thin board, a billet of wood
shiften (A.S.)to move away.pret. s.shifte435
shyngled (A.S.)168,made of planks or boards
shonyen (A.S.)87,to shun
†shosen ()491qu. for chosen, i. e.dispose, incline to
shrape (A.S.)84,to scrape
shryve (A.S.)441,to shrive, make confession.pret. s.shrof,45,198.part. pas.y-shryve,82, shryven,273
shrift (A.S.)confession
shroudes (A.S.)clothes
sib, sibbe (A.S.)relation, companion. Gossip is God-sib,companion or fellow in God, and was originally applied to the attendants at a christening
sidder (A.S.)88,wider
sike (A.S.)355,sick
siken (A.S.)to sigh.pret. s.siked,293, sikede,385
siker, syker (A.S.)sure, secure. sikerer,237,more secure, more sure
syn (A.S.)444,since
syngen, synge (A.S.)408,to sing.pret. s.songe, I song,408.pl.songen,369,388,405
sinken (A.S.)to sink.pret. s.sank,373.pl.sonken,278
sisour (A.N.)31,32,38,51,75,434,a person deputed to hold assizes.SeeDucange in v.assisarii
sith (A.S.)since. sithen,since, afterwards. sithenes,121,afterwards. siththe (adv.)since afterwards
sithe (A.S.)102,time
sitten, sitte (A.S.)to sit.pret. s.thow sete,386. Iseet,437. sat,pl.seten,109
skile (A.S.)202,240,290,359,367,412,reason, argument
†slaughte ()456(?)
sleighte (A.S.)379,401,a trick, slight
sleen (A.S.)to slay.pres.sleeth.364,421.pret. s.slow,434
slepen (A.S.)to sleep.pret. s.sleep,99,100, I slepte,247.pl.slepe,277
slepying (A.S.)asleep
sleple (A.S.)155,to sleep gently
sleuthe (A.S.)sloth, idleness
sliken (A.S.)34,to make sleek, smooth
slombren (A.S.)to slumber.pret. s.slombred,1
smal (A.S.)pl.smale,small
smecen (A.S.)to taste, smack.pret. pl.smaughte,98
smythyen (A.S.)61,62,to do the work of a smith, to forge
so (A.S.)so, as. so soone so,352,as soon as
soden (A.S.)312,to boil.part. pas.y-soden,321
sodenes (A.N.)303,sub-deans
softe (A.S.)1,warm(like the Fr.doux)
sokene (A.S.)34,a district held by tenure of socage
solas (A.N.)comfort, solace
soleyn (A.N.)240,one left alone
solne (A.N.)102,to sing by note
som (A.S.)pl.somme,some
somone (A.N.)37, sompne,62,209,408,to summon
somonour (A.N.)31,51,75,a somner, an officer employed to summon delinquents to appear in ecclesiastical courts, now calledan apparitor
sonde (A.S.)mission, sending
sone (A.S.)a son
songewarie (A.N.)147,148,the interpreting of dreams
sonne (A.S.)the sun
sooth (A.S.)truth
soothnesse, sothnesse (A.S.)truth
sope (A.S.)254,a sop
sope (A.S.)273,soap
soper (A.N.)supper
sorwe (A.S.)sorrow
sorweful (A.S.)353,sorrowful
soth (A.S.)true
sothe (A.S.)truth
sotile (A.N.)184,186,to apply one's cunning or penetration
sotil (A.N.)pl.sotile,294,297,319,372,clever, cunning, subtile, difficult to conceive or understand
sotte (A.N.)a fool
souke (A.N.)209,to suck
souter (A.S.)101,201,a shoemaker. †soutere,494
souteresse (A.S.)96,a female shoemaker
southdene (A.N.)a subdean
sowen (A.S.)274,to sow.pret. s.sew,268,412,pl.sewe,317.part. pas.y-sowen,416
spakliche (A.S.)353,hastily(?)
spede (A.S.)353,to haste, to speed.pret. s.spedde,353
speken, speke (A.S.)to speak.pret. s.spak
spelonke (LAT.)311,a cavern
spences (A.N.)285,expense
spillen (A.S.) (trans.)to mix, spill, spoil, waste,414(intransitive)to perish,303.part. pas.y-spilt
spire (A.S.)348,to look closely into, to inquire
spores (A.S.)370,spurs
spring (A.S.)79,a sprig, rod
springen (A.S.)to spring.pret. s.sprong,277, spronge,404
stablisse (A.N.)22,to establish
†stappyng (A.S.)489,stepping
stede (A.S.)pl.stedes,a place
steere (A.S.)153,the helm of a ship
steyen (A.S.)to arise, mount. †pret. s.steigh,498,arose
stekie (A.S.)22,to stick fast
stele (A.S.),412,a handle
stelen (A.S.)to steal.pret. s.stale,268.pl.stolen,405
sterre,pl.sterne,310(A.S.)a star
†styghtle (A.S.)469,to establish, confirm. Explained in the glossary appended to the old edition byto stay
†stylle (A.S.)473,quietly, with a low voice
†y-stongen (A.S.)483,stabbed, pierced
stinken (A.S.)to stink.pret. s.stank,328. †styncand,489,stinking
stynten (A.S.)22,186,to stop
stonden, stonde, stande,354(A.S.)to stand. he stondeth, it stant,325, he stant,372, thei stonden.pret. s.stood,204,247
stoon (A.S.)328,a stone
stotte (A.S.)411,an ox of three years old
stounde (A.S.)155,a short space of time
stoupe (A.S.)204,to bend, stoop. Chaucer, in the first line of the Nonne Preestes Tale, speaks of,—"A pore wydow somdelstoupein age."
†straken (A.S.)456,to proceed directly
†stre (A.S.)496,straw
streyte (A.S.)straitly, narrowly
streyves (A.N.)6,estreys, beasts which have strayed, a law-term
striken (A.S.)to strike.pret. s.strook
struyen (A.N.)328,to destroy.pret.struyede
stuwe (A.N.)121,a house of ill fame, a stew. †stues,488,stews, brothels
†sueres (A.S.)459,followers
suffren (A.N.)to suffer
sulen (A.N.)to soil. †part. pas.y-suled,495,soiled
suren (A.N.)to assure
surgenrie (A.N.)336,surgery
surquidous (A.N.)416,overbearing, arrogant, conceited
suster (A.S.)pl.sustren,a sister
suwen, sewe (A.S.)203,454to follow.pret. s. and pl.suwed,353, suwede,380.part. p.suwed,110, sued,155
swelte (A.S.)86,to die, to perish.pret. s.swelted,431
swerd (A.S.)a sword
sweren, swerye,275(A.S.)to swear.pret. s.swoor,434, swor,269.part. pas.sworen,328, swore
swetter (A.S.)sweeter
swevene (A.S.)a dream
sweyen (A.S.)to sound.pret. s.sweyed,1
swich (A.S.)385,pl.swiche,such
swynken (A.S.)to labour.pret. pl.swonken,2.
swynk (A.S.)labour, work
swithe (A.S.)very, immediately, quickly
swowe (A.S.)86,to faint, to swoon