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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

Sweuen, dream, A. 62. A.S. _swefen_.
  Swey, go, walk, B. 788; came, C. 429. See T. B. 2512. O.N. _sweigia_.
    Dan. _sveje_, to bend. N.Prov.E. _swey_, to swing; _sweigh_, to
    press. See _Sve_.
  Sweyed, swayed, C. 151.
  Sweȝe, go, C. 72; drove, C. 236.
  Swolȝe, swallow, C. 250, 363; kill, B. 1268.
  Swone, swoon, A. 1180. A.S. _aswunan_.
  Swowed, swooned, C. 442. S.Sax. _swowen_, to swoon.
  Swyed = sweyed, followed, B. 87.
  Swyere, squire, B. 87,
  Swypped, escaped, B. 1253. See _Swepe_.
  Swyre, neck, B. 1744. A.S. _sweora_.
  Swyþe, firm, strong, A. 354; C. 236; great, B. 1283; very, B. 816;
    many, B. 1299; quickly, A. 1059; B. 354; greatly, B. 987. A.S.
    _swíth_, strong, great; _swíthe_, very, greatly.
  Swyþe, burn, scorch, C. 478 (_pret._ _swath_). N.Prov.E. _swither_, to
    singe; _swidden_, to scorch. O.N. _svítha_.
      “Mi Gode, als whele set þam,
      Als stubble bi-fore wind lickam
      Als fire that brennes wode swa;
      Als lowe _swiþand_ hilles ma.” --(Ps. lxxxii. 15.)
  Syence, B. 1454, 1599.
  Syfle, blow, C. 470. _Syfle_ sometimes signifies to _whistle_. It may
    he connected with the Prov.E. _suffe_, to pant, blow. A.S.
    _siofian_, mourn, lament.
  Sykande, sighing, B. 715. A.S. _sycan_, to sigh.
  Syked, sighed, C. 382.
  Sykerly, surely, C. 301. O.Fris. _sikur_. Ger. _sicher_, sure.
  Syle, to glide, go, proceed, B. 131. See T. B. 364, 1307. Prov.E.
    _sile_, to go. O.N. _síla_.
      “With that the segge all himselfe _silis_ to his chambre.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 5.)
    See T. B. 364.
  Sylueren, silver, B. 1406.
  Symbale, B. 1415.
  Symple, A. 1134; B. 746.
  Sympelnesse, A. 909.
  Syn, since, C. 218.
  Syngne, sign, B. 489, 1710.
  Synglerty, singularity, singleness, A. 429.
  Synglure, uniqueness, A. 8.
  Syngnetteȝ, signets, A. 838.
  Synne, after, B. 229.
  Syre, lord, B. 1260.
  {Syt, Syte,} sorrow, sin, B. 566, 1257; C. 5, 517. O.N. _sút_.
      “Jacob wen he was mast in _siit_,
      God lighted him witouten _liit_.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 27b.)
      “This tre in forbot haf I laid,
      If þou sa bald be it to bite,
      Þou sal be ded in sorou and _site_,
      And if þou haldes mi forbot,
      Þou sal be laverd ouer ilk crot.” --(_Ibid._ fol. 52b.)
  Syþe, time, A. 1079; B. 1169, 1417, 1686. A.S. _sith_.
  Syþen, afterwards, A. 13, 643, 1207; B. 998; since, A. 245.
  Sytole, citole, guitar, A. 91.
  {Syȝ, Syȝe,} saw, A. 308, 788, 985; B. 985.
  {Syȝt, Syȝte,} sight, A. 226; B. 552, 1710.

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

Sweuen, dream, A. 62. A.S. _swefen_.
  Swey, go, walk, B. 788; came, C. 429. See T. B. 2512. O.N. _sweigia_.
    Dan. _sveje_, to bend. N.Prov.E. _swey_, to swing; _sweigh_, to
    press. See _Sve_.
  Sweyed, swayed, C. 151.
  Sweȝe, go, C. 72; drove, C. 236.
  Swolȝe, swallow, C. 250, 363; kill, B. 1268.
  Swone, swoon, A. 1180. A.S. _aswunan_.
  Swowed, swooned, C. 442. S.Sax. _swowen_, to swoon.
  Swyed = sweyed, followed, B. 87.
  Swyere, squire, B. 87,
  Swypped, escaped, B. 1253. See _Swepe_.
  Swyre, neck, B. 1744. A.S. _sweora_.
  Swyþe, firm, strong, A. 354; C. 236; great, B. 1283; very, B. 816;
    many, B. 1299; quickly, A. 1059; B. 354; greatly, B. 987. A.S.
    _swíth_, strong, great; _swíthe_, very, greatly.
  Swyþe, burn, scorch, C. 478 (_pret._ _swath_). N.Prov.E. _swither_, to
    singe; _swidden_, to scorch. O.N. _svítha_.
      “Mi Gode, als whele set þam,
      Als stubble bi-fore wind lickam
      Als fire that brennes wode swa;
      Als lowe _swiþand_ hilles ma.” --(Ps. lxxxii. 15.)
  Syence, B. 1454, 1599.
  Syfle, blow, C. 470. _Syfle_ sometimes signifies to _whistle_. It may
    he connected with the Prov.E. _suffe_, to pant, blow. A.S.
    _siofian_, mourn, lament.
  Sykande, sighing, B. 715. A.S. _sycan_, to sigh.
  Syked, sighed, C. 382.
  Sykerly, surely, C. 301. O.Fris. _sikur_. Ger. _sicher_, sure.
  Syle, to glide, go, proceed, B. 131. See T. B. 364, 1307. Prov.E.
    _sile_, to go. O.N. _síla_.
      “With that the segge all himselfe _silis_ to his chambre.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 5.)
    See T. B. 364.
  Sylueren, silver, B. 1406.
  Symbale, B. 1415.
  Symple, A. 1134; B. 746.
  Sympelnesse, A. 909.
  Syn, since, C. 218.
  Syngne, sign, B. 489, 1710.
  Synglerty, singularity, singleness, A. 429.
  Synglure, uniqueness, A. 8.
  Syngnetteȝ, signets, A. 838.
  Synne, after, B. 229.
  Syre, lord, B. 1260.
  {Syt, Syte,} sorrow, sin, B. 566, 1257; C. 5, 517. O.N. _sút_.
      “Jacob wen he was mast in _siit_,
      God lighted him witouten _liit_.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 27b.)
      “This tre in forbot haf I laid,
      If þou sa bald be it to bite,
      Þou sal be ded in sorou and _site_,
      And if þou haldes mi forbot,
      Þou sal be laverd ouer ilk crot.” --(_Ibid._ fol. 52b.)
  Syþe, time, A. 1079; B. 1169, 1417, 1686. A.S. _sith_.
  Syþen, afterwards, A. 13, 643, 1207; B. 998; since, A. 245.
  Sytole, citole, guitar, A. 91.
  {Syȝ, Syȝe,} saw, A. 308, 788, 985; B. 985.
  {Syȝt, Syȝte,} sight, A. 226; B. 552, 1710.

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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