Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
Slo, _v._ S. to slay, 512, 1364, 1412, &c. _Slou_, 2543. _Slos_, _pr. t.
2 p._ slayest, 2706. _Slos_, _imp. pl._ strike ye, 2596. _Slou_, _Slow_,
_pa. t._ slew, 501; struck, 2633. _Slowe_, _Slowen_, _pa. t. pl._ slew,
2414, 2427, 2432; struck, fought, 2683. _Slawe_, _Slawen_, _part. pa._
slain, 1803, 1928, 2000, &c. In l. 2747 (as in 2596, 2633, 2683) it has
only the sense of _struck_, wounded, agreeably to the signification of
the original word, _sleán_, _sleáhan_, Cædere, ferire.
Smerte, _adj. pl._ S. painful, 2055.
Smerte, _v._ S. to smart, 2647.
Smot, _pa. t._ S. smote, 2654.
So, a large tub, 933. See _So_ in Halliwell. Dan. _saa_, a pail.
So, _conj._ S. as, 279, 349, _et pass._
Softe, _adj._ S. of a mild disposition, 991.
Softe, _adv._ S. gently, 2618.
Somdel, _adj._ S. somewhat, in some measure, 240. _Sumdel_, 450, 497,
1054, 2306, 2950. Web., R. Gl., Chauc.
Sond, _n._ S. sand, 708, 735.
Sone, _n._ S. son, 660, 839. _Sones_, _pl._ 2980.
Sone, _adv._ S. soon, 78, &c.; so soon as, 1354.
Sor, _n._ S. sorrow, 234. _Sorwe_, 1374; pain, sore, 1988.
Sor, _adj._ S. sore, detestable, 2229. [Perhaps it should be _sori_.]
Sorful, _adj._ S. sorrowful, 151, 2541.
Sori, _adj._ S. sorrowful, 151, 477.
Soth, Sothe, _n._ S. truth, 36, 647, 2008, &c.
Soþlike, _adv._ S. truly, 276.
Soupe, _v._ Fr. to sup, 1766.
Southe, _pa. t._ S. sought, 1085.
Sowe, Sowen. _See_ Se.
Sowel, _n._ victuals, 767, 1143, 2905. Properly, anything eaten with
bread as a relish. See _Sool_ in Halliwell. Dan. _suul_.
Span-newe, _adj._ quite new, 968. This is the earliest instance on
record of the use of this word. For its disputed etymology see Jam.,
Nares, Todd’s Johns., and Thoms. Etymons; but especially Wedgwood’s
Etym. Dict. _Span_ = chip; _Span-new_, chip-new. A.S. _spón_. It occurs
in Chauc. Troil. iii. 1671.
Sparkede, _pa. t._ S. sparkled, 2144.
Spede, _v._ S. to speed, prosper, 1634.
Speke, _n._ S. speech, 946.
Speke, Speken, _v._ S. to speak, 326, 369, 548, 1070, &c. _Spak_, _pa.
t._ spoke, 2389, 2968. _Speken_, _part. pa._ spoken, 2369.
Spelle, _n._ S. story, relation, 338. K. Horn, 951.
Spelle, _v._ S. to relate, tell forth, 15, 2530.
Spen _for_ Spent, 1819.
Sperd, Sperde, _part. pa._ S. barred, bolted, 414, 448. Still common in
the North. V. Brockett.
Spille, _v._ S. to perish, 2422. _Of limes spille_, 86, suffer the loss
of limbs. K. Horn, 202. Web., Chauc.
Spired, _part. pa._ S. speered, inquired, 2620. V. Jam. in v.
Spore, _n._ S. spur, 2569.
Sprauleden, _pa. t. pl._ S. sprawled, 475.
Sprong, _pa. t._ S. sprung, 959. _See_ the Note. _Sprongen_, 869.
_Sprungen_, _part. pa._ risen, 1131.
Sprote, _n._ S. sprout, 1142. A.S. _sprote_, a sprig, sprout.
Spuse, Spusen, _v._ S. to espouse, marry, 1123, 1170, 2875. _Spusede_,
_pa. t. pl._ espoused, 2887. _Spused_, _part. pa._ 1175, 2928. _Spuset_,
1266.
Spusing, _n._ S. espousals, marriage, 1164, 1177, 2886.
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