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
Sengeley, ever, constantly, A. 8. A.S. _singallíce_, perpetually.
{Ser, Sere,} diverse, various, separate, B. 358; _ser kynde_, B. 507;
_sere course_, B. 1418; _ser wyse_, C. 12.
Serelych, severally, separately, C. 193.
Sergaunt, a royal servant, a squire, B. 109.
Serges, wax tapers, B. 1489. Lat. _cerea_.
Seriaunte, sergeant, C. 385. See _Sergaunt_.
Serkyndeȝ, diverse kinds, B. 336.
Serlypeȝ, diverse, different, separate, A. 994.
Sermoun, discourse, speech, A. 1185.
Sertain, certainly, A. 685.
Seruage, bondage, B. 1257.
Seruaunt, A. 699; B. 631.
Serue, avail, A. 331.
Serue, deserve, A. 553; B. 1115.
Seruyse, B. 1152, 1401.
Sese, cease, B. 523; _seseȝ_, let cease, C. 391.
Sesoune, season, B. 523.
{Sessed, Sesed,} took possession of, A. 417; B. 1313.
{Sete, Seete,} sat, A. 161; B. 1171. _pl._ _seten_, B. 1763.
Sete, seat, C. 24.
Seþe = seethe, boil, B. 631.
{Seue, Seve,} = sewe, sew, a kind of pottage, B. 108, 825.
Sewer, the officer who set and removed the dishes, tasted them, etc.,
B. 639.
Sewrté, surety, C. 58.
Sexte, sixth, A. 1007.
Seyed, passed, B. 353.
“_Seyet_ furth with sory chere.” --(T. B. 2512.)
Seysoun, season, A. 39.
Seȝ, saw, A. 158, 531, 698; B. 209.
Side-borde, B. 1398.
Siue, sieve, B. 226.
Skarmoch, fight, skirmish, B. 1186.
Skaþe, harm, danger, sin, B. 151, 598, 1186. See _Scaþe_.
Skele, dish, B. 1405.
Skelt, scattered, spread, B. 1186, 1206. O.E. _skale_, to scatter.
N.Prov.E. _scale_, to spread. See Hall, Richard III. f. 15. A.S.
_scylan_, to separate, divide; _pret._ _scel_.
“Skairen out skoute wacche for _skeltyng_ of harme.”
--(T. B. 1089, 6042.)
Skelt, hasten, run, B. 1554. Sw. _skala_, to scamper, scour.
Skete, quick, sudden, B. 1186; quickly, C. 195. See T. B. 13672. O.N.
_skjótt_.
Skewe, sky, cloud, B. 1206, 1759. Sw. _sky_, a cloud. A.S. _scúa_,
a shadow.
Skowte, look, search, B. 483. See T. B. 1089.
Skoymous, B. 598. See _Scoymous_.
Skwe, sky, B. 483.
Skyfte, devise, order, ordain, A. 569. A.S. _scyftan_.
Skyfte, shift, change, B. 709. Sw. _skifta_.
Skyg, scrupulous, careful, B. 21. Sw. _skygg_, shy. N.Prov.E. _sky_,
to shun.
{Skyl, Skyle,} reason, wit, A. 312; _by skylle_, rightly, reasonably,
A. 674; ordinance, B. 709; meaning, B. 1554. See _Scylle_.
Skylleȝ, doubts, A. 54.
Skylly, device, purpose, B. 529.
Skyly, excuse, B. 62.
Skyre = shire = sheer, clear, B. 1776. See _Schyre_.
Skyrme, screams (?), B. 483.
“Scho gaffe _skirmande_ skrikes at all the skowis range.”
--(K. Alex. p. 176.)
Or does it here signify to look about, like Prov.E. skime? O.N.
_Skima_, to look about.
Skyualde, ordained, manifested, B. 529. Prof. Child suggests Somerset,
_scaffle_, scramble, scuffle. See _Skyfte_.
Slade, valley, A. 141.
Slake, absolve (lit. to loosen), A. 942. A.S. _sleacian_, to slacken.
Slauþe, sloth, B. 178.
Slaȝt, slaughter, A. 801.
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