A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Sleet, _sb._ c.o.k. 39
Sleeve, _sb._ HD. 1957. AS. slef
Sleight, _sb._ Ps. civ. 22
Sleme, _sb._ == weariness. Ps. cxviii. 28. AS. sluma. ON. slaemi
Sletten, _vb._ == slid, fell. See Slide
Slice, _sb._ Alys. 3833. AS. slican, to strike
Slide, _v. n._ Wright's L. P. p. 110. 3 pl. pret. 'sletten.' Alys. 2262; part. 'islide.' O. and N. 686
---- _v. a._ == make to slide. Ps. lx.x.xviii. 24. AS. slidan
Slider, _adj._ == slippery. O. and N. 954
Sliding, _sb._ Ps. cxiv. 8; lv. 13
Slike, _v. a._ == make smooth, comfortable. Rel. S. i. 43. part.
'isliked.' O. and N. 841. ON. slikja
Sling, _sb._ Alys. 3223. AS. slingan
---- _v. a._ pret. 'slonge.' RG. 362; pret. 'slongen.' Body and Soul, 233
---- _v. n._ == leap, fling oneself, pret. 'slang.' Alys. 5538
Slit, _v. a._ Ps. xxix. 12; part. 'slat.' Pol. S. 154
---- _sb._ == pocket. O. and N. 1116
Sloe, _sb._ HD. 849. Alys. 4983. AS. sla
Slot, _sb._ == bar. Ps. cvi. 16. Dut. slot
Sloth, _sb._ RG. 195. AS. slaew
Slough, _sb._ == bog. Alys. 6075; [slo]. O. and N. 1392. AS. slog
Slow, _adj._ RG. 455. AS. slaw
Sly, _adj._ == cunning. Ps. viii. 4. RG. 350. ON. slaegr. Dan. slu
Slyly, _adv._ c.o.k. 156. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Smack, _sb._ == scent. O. and N. 821. AS. smaec
Small, _adj._ 2218 B.
---- _sb._ == infant, Ps. xvi. 13
Smaragde, _sb._ == emerald. Alys. 5683. Lat. smaragdus
Smart, _adj._ == sharp, 'a smart yard.' Rel. Ant. i. 115; pert. Alys. 4160
---- _v. a._ == to give pain to, torment. Wright's L. P. p. 70
---- _v. n._ == to ache, feel pain. pret. 'smourte.' RG. 322. 3 pl.
'smerten.' Alys. 5845. AS. smeortan
Smear, _v. a._ == anoint [smyrie]. St Kath. 183; part. 'ysmered.' RG. 457.
AS. smerian
Smell, _sb._ == odour. RG. 43. Body and Soul, 219
---- == scent (of a dog). O. and N. 820
---- _v. n._ Wright's L. P. p. 88. Body and Soul, 22. The ON. smella, 'crepere, tinnire,' is probably the origin of our 'smell;' words relating to the senses are frequently s.h.i.+fted from one to the other in different languages
Smerle, _sb._ == ointment. Ps. cx.x.xii. 2. AS. smerels
Smile, _sb._ 80 . Swed. smila
Smite, _v. a._ 1579 B.; pret. 'smite.' RG. 397; part. 'ismyte.' 2155 B.; 'to smite a battle.' RG. 55
---- _v. n._ == go, pa.s.s. St Dunst. 74
---- (with 'out') == to burst out of a place. RG. 564. Alys. 494
Smith, _sb._ HD. 1876
---- _v. a._ Ps. cxxviii. 3
Smithy, _sb._ St Dunstan, 60
Smock, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 40. AS. smoc
Smoke, _sb._ RG. 437, 493. AS. smec
---- _v. n._ 485
Smoky, _adj._ 466
Smooth, _adj._ [smethe]. RG. 424. AS. smee
Smother, _sb._ == smoke, fumes. Body and Soul, 218. AS. smorian
