Sore, (a.) sorrel, yellowish-brown. Sc. "Fr. saure, sub-rufus." Sibb. Gloss. Sothe, sooth, (n.) truth. Soun, (n.) sound. Sower, (a.) sour. N. B. a dissyllable. Spate, (n.) foam, a torrent. Sc. Speak, (n.) speech. to Speir, (v. a.) to ask. Sc. Vide Leyden's Gloss. to Compl. of Sc. Spensere, (n.) the dispenser of provisions. (Fr.) to Spreid, (v. a.) to spread. Sc. Spreit, (n.) spirit. Sprinkilland, (p.) applied to fish, gliding swiftly with a tremulous motion of their tails. Sc. Squyer, (n.) a carpenter's square. (Old Fr. esquierre, now equerre.) Stad, (p.) placed. (Sax. sted.) The noun still remains in English. Staiff, (n.) a staff. Sc. Staluu, stalwort, (a.) slout, bold. I. 94. Stalworder, (a.) bolder, stouter. Stane, (n.) a stone. Steaven, (n.) appointment. II. 290. III. 147. note 2. (Sax.) See Tyrwhitt's Glossary. Steedes, (n.) places. Stegh, (v. n.) stood. to Stek, (v. a.) to bar, to shut. to Sterfe, (v.) to starve, die. Sc. Stern, (p.) strewn, built. Sterne, (n.) a star. (Teut. Sax.) Steven, (n.) voice. (Sax.) Stinted, (p.) stretched. 1. 241. note 4. Stithe, (n.) an anvil. Stound, (n.) time. Stour, (n.) fight, battle. Vide Sibbald. Stour, (a.) strong, robust, fierce. Subtleties, (n.) ornaments placed on the table at meals, sometimes with mottos. Sucre, (n.) sugar. (Fr.) Sulyeart, (a.) sultry. Sc. Bright, glittering, according to Sibbald, from the Irish soilier, rutilus. Swa, (adv.) so. Swaket, (v. a.) threw. Sc. Swardit, (p.) turfed. Sc. Swelten, (v. n.) died. Vide I. 158. (Sax. sweltan, to die, more particularly by a violent death.) to Swick, (v.) to cease. Swilk, (a.) such. (Sax.) Swink, (n.) labour. (Sax.) Swire, (n.) the neck. (Sax.) Swithe, (adv.) very; quickly. (Sax.) Swote, (a.) sweet. to Syle (v. a.) to deceive. Sc. Synfan, (n.) a sort of drum. In the orig. symphonier. Syne, (adv.) then, since, afterward. Vide Sibbald. Synopare, (n.) cinnabar. Sc. Ta, (v. a.) take. Sc. T. Tablements? (n.) I. 293. Tapet, (n.) a carpet. Targe, (n.) a shield; a sort of mantelet, serving as a portable rampart. Teen, (n.) sorrow, grief. Thai, (pron.) these, those. Than, (adv.) then. Ther, (pron.) that, this. to Think lang, to be tired. Sc. Thinkand, (p.) thinking. Thir, (pron.) these, or those. to Thirl, (v. a.) to pierce through. (Sax.) hence our thrill and drill. Tho, (adv.) sometimes then, never though. to Thow, (v.) to thaw. a Throw, for some time. Thrye, (adv.) thrice. Tide, (n.) time. (Sax.) Till, (prep.) to, sometimes for. to Till, (v. a.) to approach, to gain. Tire, (n.) attire? tiara? Vide I. 417. note 2. to Toten, (v. n.) to look. Toute, (n.) Vide I. 92. n. 2. Tre, (n.) tree frequently used for the cross. Treacle, (n.) properly any sovereign remedy. I. 89. note 8. (Perhaps a corruption from theriaque. Vide Tyrwhitt's Glossary, v. triacle.) Tremebund, (a.) timorous. Sc. (Lat.) Trewit, (v.) believed. Trie, (a.) choice. (Fr.) Truantine, (n.) wandering. (Fr.) Tryst, (n.) a place of meeting; a station in hunting. Vide Sibbald, and Leyd. Gloss. to C. of Sc. Twa, (a.) two. Twissell, (n.) double fruit. II. 183. Turbervile. to Twyn, (v. a.) to separate. Tyled, (p.) raised. 12 to Tyne, (v. a.) to lose. "Isl. tyne, perdo. Hence "tinsel, or tynsale, loss." Leyd. Gloss. C. of Sc. Tynt, (p.) lost. U. Uniune, (n.) pearl. (Lat. unio.) Unkempt, (p.) uncombed. Unneth, unnethes, (adv.) scarcely. Unperfyt, (a.) imperfect. Unschet, (v. a.) unshut, opened. Sc. Up-warpis, (v.) draws up. ས. Vecke, (n.) an old woman. (Ital.) Veir, (n.) a variegated fur. Verges? (n.) I. 293. note 2. Vernage wine, wine of Vernon in Touraine. Verteth, (v. n.) goes to harbour among the fern: applied to deer. Villany, (n.) meanness. (Fr.) Vinettes? I. 293. Wa, (n.) wo. Sc. Waile, (n) choice. Sc. W. to Wait, (v.) to wot, to know. Sc. Waith, (n.) hunting, (Sax. wathan, to hunt.) Wak, (a.) moist. Sc. (Teut. See Sibbald's Gloss.) Walkand, (p.) walking. Sc. Wallowit, (p.) faded. Wally, (a.) wavy. Wanderand, (p.) wandering. Sc. VOL. II. 2 F Wariance, (n.) cursing. to Warie, (v.) to curse. (wergian, or wirian, Sax.). Warpit, (v. a.) threw. Sc. "Teut. werpen, werffen, jacere, abjicere." Sibbald. Warrand, (n.) place of security, warren. (waerande, Warrant, (n.) security. (Fr. garant.) Wassaille, a term of salutation in health-drinking. to Wear, (v. a.) to defend. (Sax. weardian.) Weid, Sc. I. 360. note 4. Wel, (n.) wealth, abundance. (Sax.) to Went, (v. a.) to wend, to go. Sc. Werk, (n.) possession. Sc. Wex, (v. n.) waxed, grew. Whais, (pron.) whose. Whalis-bane, (n.) whalebone; not what now goes by that name, but the tooth or horn of the narwal, or unicorn-fish, which was employed for many of the purposes of ivory. Where, (pron. or adv.) whether. While, whilst, (c.) till. Whyn-stane, (n.) moor-stone. Sc. With, (prep.) sometimes used for against; as "With us he has envie." Vide I. 119. note 6. Wittand, (p.) knowing. |