Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
Schulle, _n._ a plaice, 759. Sw. _skolla_, a plaice. _See_ Coleridge’s
Glossarial Index.
Se (_the_ S. _art._) the, but perhaps a mistake of the scribe, l. 534,
as it is not elsewhere used.
Se, _n._ S. sea, 535, &c.; _gen._ seis, 321.
Se, Sen, _v._ S. to see, 1021, 1273, &c. _Sest_, _pr. t. 2 p._ seest,
534. _Sen_, _pr. t. pl._ see, 168, 1217. _Sawe_, _Sowe_, _pa. t._ saw,
1182, 1323. _Say_, 881. _Sawen_, _Sowen_, _pa. t. pl._ 957, 1055, 2255.
_Sene_, _part. pa._ 656.
Seckes, _n. pl._ S. sacks, 2019.
Segges, _n. pl._ Fr. [_seches_] 896. In Cotgr. the _Seche_ is explained
the Sound, or Cuttle fish. The _Seches de Coutance_ were held in the
highest estimation. V. Le Grand. _See_ also Jam. v. _Sye_.
Sei, _v._ _See_ Seyen.
Seis. _See_ Se.
Seken, _v._ S. to seek, 1629. The reading is confirmed by an old poem in
MS. Digb. 86.
Sire, we ben knizttes fer i-fare,
For to _sechen_ wide-ware.
_La vie seint Eustace, qui out noun Placidas._
Selcouth, _n._ S. wonder, strange thing, 124, 1059. _Selcuth_, 2119. It
was in all probability originally an _adj._ as _Selkuth_. Strange,
wonderful, 1284.
Sele, _n._ S. seal, 755.
Seli, _adj._ S. simple, harmless, 477, 499. R. Gl., Chauc.
Selthe, _n._ S. success, 1338. A.S. _sélð_. [Cf. _selehðe_ in _Laȝam._
l. 25136, and see _selehðe_ in Stratmann’s Dictionary of Old English.
The line seems to be a proverb, and the meaning is-- “Rest and success
are companions.” Goldborough tells him to avoid delay, since rest may
accompany success, but cannot precede it.]
Sembling, _n._ Fr. assembling, 1018. It may also be compared with the
Su.-G. _samlung_, conventus.
Semes, _pr. t._ in the phrase, _hire semes_ = it beseems her, it becomes
her, 2916. _Semede_, _pa. t._ was suitable, was fit, 976. See _Seem_ in
Wedgwood.
Sen, Sene. _See_ Se.
Sendes, _pr. t._ sendeth, sends, 2392. _Sende_, _pa. t._ sent, 136, &c.
Serf-borw, _n._ S. surety, pledge, 1667. In MS. Soc. Antiq. No. 60,
known by the name of _The Black Book of Peterborough_, is an instrument
in which many names both of Saxon and Danish origin appear as the
_Borhhanda_, or Sureties, otherwise called _Festermen_. See Jam. and the
Glossaries, for further examples.
Serganz, _n. pl._ Fr. attendants, officers, 2088, 2091, 2116.
_Sergaunz_, 1929, 2361, 2371. _Seriaunz_, 2066. V. Spelm. in v.
_Servientes_, and Hickes, Thes. T. i. p. 148.
Serges. _See_ Cerges.
Serk, _n._ S. shirt, 603. Emare, 501. R. Br.
Seruen, _v._ S. to serve, 1230.
Seruede, _pa. t._ S. deserved, 1914. Web. M. R. So in Sc. V. Jam.
Sest. _See_ Se.
Sette, _v._ S. to set, descend, 2671.
Sette, _pa. t._ S. set, placed, 2405; appointed, 2571. _Setten_, _pa. t.
pl._ set, 1211. _Sette_, _part. pa._ set, placed, 2612.
Seyen, _v._ S. to say, 2886. _Seyst_, _pr. t. 2 p._ sayest, 2008.
_Seyde_, _pa. t. 3 p._ said, 117, &c. _Seyden_, _pa. t. pl._ said, 376,
1213. _Seyden_, have said, 456. _Sey_, _part. pa._ said, 2993.
Seysed. _See_ Sayse.
Seyst. _See_ Seyen.
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