Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Scaþel, dangerous, C. 155. Goth. _skathuls_. O.H.G. _scadhal_,
hurtful.
“Lokez the contree be clere the corners are large:
Discoveres now sekerly skrogges and other,
That no _skathelle_ (hurtful thing) in the skroggez skorne us
here-aftyre;
Loke ȝe skyfte it so that no _skathe_ lympe.”
--(Morte Arthure, pp. 137-8.)
Ascalphus, a _skathel_ duke, T. B. 4067.
Scelt, spread, served (?), B. 827.
Schad, descended, B. 1690.
Schadowed, shaded, A. 42.
Schaftes, beams, rays, A. 982; C. 455. A.S. _sceaft_, dart, arrow.
“(He) had on a mitre
Was forged all of fyne gold, and fret fulle of perrils,
Stiȝt staffulle of stanes that straȝt out bemes
As it ware schemerand _schaftis_ of the schire sonne.”
--(K. Alex. p. 53.)
{Schalk, Schalkke,} man, fellow, B. 762, 1029; C. 476. A.S. _scealc_,
a warrior, serving man. Goth. _skalks_. O.S. _scalc_. O.N. _skálkr_.
Schape, devise, form, C. 247; endeavour, B. 762; happen, C. 160. A.S.
_scapan_, to appoint, shape, create. O.N. _skapa_.
Schauen, shaven, scraped, B. 1134.
Schawe, show, B. 1599.
{Schawe, Schaȝe,} grove, thicket, wood, A. 284; C. 452. Prov.E.
_scow_, _shaw_. O.N. _skógr_, Dan. _skov_, a wood.
Schede, depart, A. 411.
Scheldeȝ, shields (of a boar), B. 58.
Schende, ruin, destroy, B. 519. A.S. _scendan_, to confound, shame,
destroy.
Schended, accursed, C. 246.
Schene = sheen, _sb._ bright, beautiful, A. 166, 965; brightness,
C. 440; _adj._ A. 203, 1145; B. 1076, 1310. A.S. _sceone_,
beautiful; _scine_, splendour.
{Schent, Schente,} destroyed, A. 668; B. 1029; ruined, B. 47, 580.
Schep, sheep, A. 801.
Schepon, stall, stable, B. 1076. A.S. _scypen_.
Schere, divide, separate, A. 107; purify, A. 165. A.S. _scéran_, to
divide.
Schet, shut, C. 452.
Schin, shall, B. 1435. See “Liber Cure Cocorum,” p. 29, l. 29.
“For in a slac thou shalle be slayn,
Seche ferlès _schyn_ falle!”
--(The Anturs of Arther, p. 12, xxiii. 13.)
Schome, shame, B. 1115.
Schomely, shamefully, C. 128.
Schonied, shunned, B. 1101.
Schor, shower, B. 227.
Schore, shore, A. 230.
Schorne (gold), purified, refined, A. 213. See _Schere_.
Schortly, quickly, hastily, B. 519, 600.
Schowte, shout, A. 877.
Schowue, shove, B. 44, 1029, 1740.
Schrewe, a wicked person, a wretch, B. 186; C. 77.
Schrewedschyp, wickedness, B. 580.
Schrowde, clothing, B. 47, 170. A.S. _scrúd_, garment, shroud.
Schrylle = shrill, clear, A. 80.
Schulder, shoulder, B. 981, 1690.
Schunt = aside, aslant, B. 605. O.E. _shunt_, to slip aside, withdraw.
A.S. _scunian_, to shun. Du. _schuins_, slope, slant.
“He schodirde and schrenkys and _shontes_ bott lyttille.”
--(Morte Arthure, p. 354.)
“ȝa werpes tham up (the ȝates) quoth
the wee, and wide open settes,
If at ȝe schap ȝow to _schount_ unschent
of oure handes.” --(K. Alex. p. 73.)
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