saaf (A.N.) _safe_
sadde (A.S.) 188, _to make serious, steady_
sadde (A.S.) 152, _serious, grave, steady_
sadder (A.S.) 77, _sounder_
safly (A.N.) _safely_
saille (A.N.) 260, _to leap_
salve (A.N.) 337, _to apply salves_
samplarie (A.N.) 234, _type, first copy_
saufté (A.N.) _safety_
saughtne (A.S.) 65, _to be pacified, reconciled_
saulee (A.N.) 331 (?)
saunz (A.N.) _without_
saute (A.N.) 260, _to jump_
sauter (A.N.) _the Psalter_
savoren (A.N.) 157, _to savour_
savour (A.N.) 147, _knowledge_
sawe (A.S.) 147, 165, 378, _pl._ sawes, 174, _a saying, legend, proverb_
scathe (A.S.) 46, 70, 71, 298, _injury, hurt_
scryveynes (A.N.) 193, _writers_
+se (A.N.) 483, _seat_
secte (A.N.) 106, 107, 216, _a suit_
see (A.S.) _the sea_
seel (A.S.) 348, _pl._ seles, _a seal_
seem (A.S.) 45, 67, _a seam_ (of wheat), a measure of eight bushels,
originally as much as a horse could carry
sege (A.N.) 443, _siege_
+seget (A.N.) 489, _subject_
segge (A.S.) 46, 78, 84, 100, 216, 341, 443, 445, _a man_
seyen, 290, seye, seyn, seggen, 53, 264, sigge, 208, 302, siggen, 264, 312,
318, 350 (A.S.) _to say_. _pres. s._ I seye, he seith, thei siggen, 320.
_pret. s._ seide, _pl._ seiden
seillynge (A.S.) 387, _sailing_
seynen (A.N.) _to sign_. _pret. s._ seyned, 104
seint (A.N.) _a saint_
seken, seche (A.S.) _to seek_; 273, _to penetrate_. _pret. s. & pl._
soughte. _part. pas._ y-sought
selde (A.S.) _seldom_. selden, 365
selen (A.S.) _to seal_
self (A.S.) _objec. s._ selve, _pl._ selves _self-same_. on the selve
roode, 427, _on the cross itself_
+sely (A.S.) 477, _simple, poor_
selkouth (A.S.) _pl._ selkouthe _wonderful, strange_
selles (A.N.) _cells_
semen (A.S.) 328, _to seem, appear, resemble_. +I semed, 460, _I looked_
semynge (A.S.) 318, _resembling_
semy-vif (A.N.) 351, _half alive_, i. e. _half dead_
sen, 25, see, 32 (A.S.) _to see_. _pres. sing._ thow sest, 15. he seeth,
_pl._ we seen. _pret. sing._ seigh, 77, 147, 200, 247, seyghe, 82, saugh,
29, 77, 347, 376, 437, _pl._ seighe. _part. pas._ y-seyen, seyen, 216, 308,
349, seene, y-seighen, 77, seighen, 177, y-seighe, 365
senden (A.S.) _to send_. _pret. s._ sent, 421, _pl._ senten
serelopes (A.S.) 358, _severally, by themselves_
serk (A.S.) 81, _a shift, shirt_
serven (A.N.) _to serve_
setten (A.S.) _to set_. _pret. s. & pl._ sette. _part. past_, seten, 248
sewen (A.S.) _to follow_. _see_ suwen
shaar (A.S.) 61, _the blade or share of a plough_
+shaf (A.S.) 490, _chaff_
shaft (A.S.) 161, 225, _make, creation_
shaken (A.S.) _to shake_. _pret. s._ shook, 268
shallen (A.S.) _the auxiliary verb. sing._ I shal, 15. thow shalt, _pl._ ye
shul, 14, shulle, 25, thei shulle, 22--sholde, sholdest, _pl._ sholden,
sholde
shapen, shape (A.S.) _to make, create, shape_. _pret. s._ shoop, 1, 163,
197, 225, 443, shapte, 361, 433, for-shapte, 365. _pl._ shopen. _part.
past_, mys-shapen, 144, shapen, 280
shappere (A.S.) 358, _a maker, creator_
sharpe (A.S.) 443, _pungent_
sheep (A.S.) 1, _a sheep, or a shepherd_
sheltrom (A.S.) 278, _a host, troop of soldiers_
shenden (A.S.) _to ruin, destroy_. _pret. s._ shente, 365. _part. pas._
shent
shene (A.S.) 394, _bright_
shenfulliche (A.S.) 59, _shamefully, disastrously_
shepstere (A.S.) 265, _a sheep-shearer_ (?)
shere (A.S.) _a shear_
sherreve (A.S.) 31, 51, _a shire-reeve_, or _sheriff_
sherewe, shrewe (A.S.) _a shrew; a cursed one_
shrewednesse (A.S.) _cursedness_
sheten (A.S.) _to shoot_. _pret. pl._ shotten, 438
shetten, shette (A.S.) _to shut_. _pret. s._ shette
shide (A.S.) 167, 197, _a thin board, a billet of wood_
shiften (A.S.) _to move away_. _pret. s._ shifte 435
shyngled (A.S.) 168, _made of planks or boards_
shonyen (A.S.) 87, _to shun_
+shosen ( ) 491 qu. for chosen, i. e. _dispose, incline to_
shrape (A.S.) 84, _to scrape_
shryve (A.S.) 441, _to shrive, make confession_. _pret. s._ shrof, 45, 198.
_part. pas._ y-shryve, 82, shryven, 273
shrift (A.S.) _confession_
shroudes (A.S.) _clothes_
sib, sibbe (A.S.) _relation, companion_. Gossip is God-sib, _companion or
fellow in God_, and was originally applied to the attendants at a
christening
sidder (A.S.) 88, _wider_
sike (A.S.) 355, _sick_
siken (A.S.) _to sigh_. _pret. s._ siked, 293, sikede, 385
siker, syker (A.S.) _sure, secure_. sikerer, 237, _more secure, more sure_
syn (A.S.) 444, _since_
syngen, synge (A.S.) 408, _to sing_. _pret. s._ songe, I song, 408. _pl._
songen, 369, 388, 405
sinken (A.S.) _to sink_. _pret. s._ sank, 373. _pl._ sonken, 278
sisour (A.N.) 31, 32, 38, 51, 75, 434, _a person deputed to hold assizes_.
_See_ Ducange in v. _assisarii_
sith (A.S.) _since_. sithen, _since, afterwards_. sithenes, 121,
_afterwards_. siththe (_adv._) _since afterwards_
sithe (A.S.) 102, _time_
sitten, sitte (A.S.) _to sit_. _pret. s._ thow sete, 386. I seet, 437. sat,
_pl._ seten, 109
skile (A.S.) 202, 240, 290, 359, 367, 412, _reason, argument_
+slaughte ( ) 456 (?)
sleighte (A.S.) 379, 401, _a trick, slight_
sleen (A.S.) _to slay_. _pres._ sleeth. 364, 421. _pret. s._ slow, 434
slepen (A.S.) _to sleep_. _pret. s._ sleep, 99, 100, I slepte, 247. _pl._
slepe, 277
slepying (A.S.) _asleep_
sleple (A.S.) 155, _to sleep gently_
sleuthe (A.S.) _sloth, idleness_
sliken (A.S.) 34, _to make sleek, smooth_
slombren (A.S.) _to slumber_. _pret. s._ slombred, 1
smal (A.S.) _pl._ smale, _small_
smecen (A.S.) _to taste, smack_. _pret. pl._ smaughte, 98
smythyen (A.S.) 61, 62, _to do the work of a smith, to forge_
so (A.S.) _so, as_. so soone so, 352, _as soon as_
soden (A.S.) 312, _to boil_. _part. pas._ y-soden, 321
sodenes (A.N.) 303, _sub-deans_
softe (A.S.) 1, _warm_ (like the Fr. _doux_)
sokene (A.S.) 34, _a district held by tenure of socage_
solas (A.N.) _comfort, solace_
soleyn (A.N.) 240, _one left alone_
solne (A.N.) 102, _to sing by note_
som (A.S.) _pl._ somme, _some_
somone (A.N.) 37, sompne, 62, 209, 408, _to summon_
somonour (A.N.) 31, 51, 75, _a somner_, an officer employed to summon
delinquents to appear in ecclesiastical courts, now called _an apparitor_
sonde (A.S.) _mission, sending_
sone (A.S.) _a son_
songewarie (A.N.) 147, 148, _the interpreting of dreams_
sonne (A.S.) _the sun_
sooth (A.S.) _truth_
soothnesse, sothnesse (A.S.) _truth_
sope (A.S.) 254, _a sop_
sope (A.S.) 273, _soap_
soper (A.N.) _supper_
sorwe (A.S.) _sorrow_
sorweful (A.S.) 353, _sorrowful_
soth (A.S.) _true_
sothe (A.S.) _truth_
sotile (A.N.) 184, 186, _to apply one's cunning or penetration_
sotil (A.N.) _pl._ sotile, 294, 297, 319, 372, _clever, cunning, subtile,
difficult to conceive or understand_
sotte (A.N.) _a fool_
souke (A.N.) 209, _to suck_
souter (A.S.) 101, 201, _a shoemaker_. +soutere, 494
souteresse (A.S.) 96, _a female shoemaker_
southdene (A.N.) _a subdean_
sowen (A.S.) 274, _to sow_. _pret. s._ sew, 268, 412, _pl._ sewe, 317.
_part. pas._ y-sowen, 416
spakliche (A.S.) 353, _hastily_ (?)
spede (A.S.) 353, _to haste, to speed_. _pret. s._ spedde, 353
speken, speke (A.S.) _to speak_. _pret. s._ spak
spelonke (LAT.) 311, _a cavern_
spences (A.N.) 285, _expense_
spillen (A.S.) (trans.) _to mix, spill, spoil, waste_, 414 (_intransitive_)
_to perish_, 303. _part. pas._ y-spilt
spire (A.S.) 348, _to look closely into, to inquire_
spores (A.S.) 370, _spurs_
spring (A.S.) 79, _a sprig, rod_
springen (A.S.) _to spring_. _pret. s._ sprong, 277, spronge, 404
stablisse (A.N.) 22, _to establish_
+stappyng (A.S.) 489, _stepping_
stede (A.S.) _pl._ stedes, _a place_
steere (A.S.) 153, _the helm of a ship_
steyen (A.S.) _to arise, mount_. +_pret. s._ steigh, 498, _arose_
stekie (A.S.) 22, _to stick fast_
stele (A.S.), 412, _a handle_
stelen (A.S.) _to steal_. _pret. s._ stale, 268. _pl._ stolen, 405
sterre, _pl._ sterne, 310 (A.S.) _a star_
+styghtle (A.S.) 469, _to establish, confirm_. Explained in the glossary
appended to the old edition by _to stay_
+stylle (A.S.) 473, _quietly, with a low voice_
+y-stongen (A.S.) 483, _stabbed, pierced_
stinken (A.S.) _to stink_. _pret. s._ stank, 328. +styncand, 489,
_stinking_
stynten (A.S.) 22, 186, _to stop_
stonden, stonde, stande, 354 (A.S.) _to stand_. he stondeth, it stant, 325,
he stant, 372, thei stonden. _pret. s._ stood, 204, 247
stoon (A.S.) 328, _a stone_
stotte (A.S.) 411, _an ox of three years old_
stounde (A.S.) 155, _a short space of time_
stoupe (A.S.) 204, _to bend, stoop_. Chaucer, in the first line of the
Nonne Preestes Tale, speaks of,--"A pore wydow somdel _stoupe_ in age."
+straken (A.S.) 456, _to proceed directly_
+stre (A.S.) 496, _straw_
streyte (A.S.) _straitly, narrowly_
streyves (A.N.) 6, _estreys, beasts which have strayed_, a law-term
striken (A.S.) _to strike_. _pret. s._ strook
struyen (A.N.) 328, _to destroy_. _pret._ struyede
stuwe (A.N.) 121, _a house of ill fame, a stew_. +stues, 488, _stews,
brothels_
+sueres (A.S.) 459, _followers_
suffren (A.N.) _to suffer_
sulen (A.N.) _to soil_. +_part. pas._ y-suled, 495, _soiled_
suren (A.N.) _to assure_
surgenrie (A.N.) 336, _surgery_
surquidous (A.N.) 416, _overbearing, arrogant, conceited_
suster (A.S.) _pl._ sustren, _a sister_
suwen, sewe (A.S.) 203, 454 _to follow_. _pret. s. and pl._ suwed, 353,
suwede, 380. _part. p._ suwed, 110, sued, 155
swelte (A.S.) 86, _to die, to perish_. _pret. s._ swelted, 431
swerd (A.S.) _a sword_
sweren, swerye, 275 (A.S.) _to swear_. _pret. s._ swoor, 434, swor, 269.
_part. pas._ sworen, 328, swore
swetter (A.S.) _sweeter_
swevene (A.S.) _a dream_
sweyen (A.S.) _to sound_. _pret. s._ sweyed, 1
swich (A.S.) 385, _pl._ swiche, _such_
swynken (A.S.) _to labour_. _pret. pl._ swonken, 2.
swynk (A.S.) _labour, work_
swithe (A.S.) _very, immediately, quickly_
swowe (A.S.) 86, _to faint, to swoon_