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
{Solemneté, Solempneté,} B. 1313, 1678, 1757.
{Solie, Soly,} throne, B. 1171, 1678. A.S. _sylla_, a chair; _salo_,
a hall, palace.
Somere, B. 1686.
{Sommoun, Somone,} _vb._ B. 1498; _sb._ summons, A. 1098.
Sonde, sand, C. 341.
Sonde = sande, message, word, A. 943; messenger, B. 53, 781. A.S.
_sánd_.
Sondeȝ-mon, messenger, B. 469.
Sone, soon, B. 461.
{Sonet, Sonete,} B. 1415, 1516.
Songen, _pl._ sang, B. 1763.
Sope, sup, B. 108.
Soper, supper, B. 107, 829, 997, 1763.
{Sor, Sore,} sorrow, A. 130; C. 242, 507; _adv._ sorely, A. 550;
B. 290.
Sorewe, sorrow, B. 778.
Sorquydryȝe = surquedrie, presumption, arrogance, conceit, A. 309.
Sorsers, sorcerers, B. 1579.
Sorsory, sorcery, B. 1576.
Sorte, lot, C. 193.
{Sorȝ, Sorȝe,} sorrow, A. 352; B. 75, 563, 1080.
{Soth, Soþe,} true, truth, A. 482, 653; B. 515; _soþes_, truths,
B. 1598. A.S. _sóth_.
Soþefast, faithful, B. 1491.
Sothfol, truthful, A. 498.
{Soþly, Soþely,} truly, B. 299, 654, 657.
Sotte, fool, sot, B. 581; C. 501. A.S. _sot_. See T. B. 1961.
Sotyle, subtle, A. 1050.
Soufre, sulphur, B. 954.
Soumme, company, C. 509.
Soun, sound, word, A. 532; C. 429; to sound, B. 973, 1670.
Sounande, sounding, A. 883.
Souped, supped, B. 833.
Sour, bad, vile, B. 192. Cf. “Soory or defowlyd yn _sowr_ or filth.
Cenosus.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Souȝed, sobbed, sighed, C. 140. See T. B. 342. Prov.E. _sugh_, _sow_,
_suff_, to murmur. O.Sc. _swouch_, a noise, sound. A.S. _swoeg_,
a noise; _swógan_, to sound, howl. Du. _zwoegen_, to pant, puff.
Souerayn, B. 93, 552.
Soyle, soil, earth, B. 1039, 1387; C. 443.
Soȝt, sought, A. 518, 730; _soȝt to_, reached, B. 510, 563; made for,
C. 249; endeavoured, B. 1286.
Spak, quickly, C. 104; _spakest_, boldest, C. 169.
Spakk, spake, A. 938.
Spakly, certainly, surely, quickly, B. 755; C. 338.
Spare, spar, C. 104, 338. Sw. _sparre_. O.H.G. _sparro_.
Sparred, spurred, rushed, A. 1169.
Spec, speck, B. 551.
{Special, Specyal,} A. 235, 938; B. 1492.
Sped, help, B. 1607.
Spede, prosper, B. 511; hasten, B. 551.
Spedly, quickly, B. 1729.
Sped-whyle, a short space of time, a moment, B. 1285.
Speke, spoke, B. 1220.
Spelle, tell, relate, A. 793.
Spelle, speech, A. 363. A.S. _spell_.
Spenned, folded, A. 49. O.N. _spenna_. A.S. _spannan_.
Spenned, allured, enticed away, A. 53. A.S. _spanan_. N.Prov.E.
_span_, to wean from.
Spiritually, B. 1492.
Spitous, fell, abominable, B. 845.
Spitously, fiercely, angrily, B. 1220.
Sponne = spun, grew, A. 35.
Spornande, rushing, dashing, A. 363. O.E. _sporn_, _spurn_, to dash.
A.S. _spurnan_.
“Now aithir stoure on ther stedis,
_Spurnes_ out spakly with speris in hand.” --(K. Alex. p. 27.)
Spot, blemish, A. 12, 764.
Spote, place, spot, A. 13; B. 551.
Spotleȝ, spotless, pure, A. 856.
Spotty, to defile, A. 1070.
Spoyle, B. 1285, 1774.
{Sprad, Spradde,} spread (_pret._ of _sprede_), B. 1607; C. 365.
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