Chapter 20

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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


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