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Snache, _v. a._ == pierce? Alys. 6559. AS. snas, a spear, or spit
Snail, _sb._ O. and N. 87. AS. snaegel
Snake, _sb._ Alys. 5972. AS. snacu
Snare, _sb._ Pol. S. 197. AS. sneare
Sneer, _v. n._ Ps. ii. 4. Lat. 'nares,' the nostrils. Cf. Gr. ??t????e??, and Engl. 'sneeze,' from AS. naes. Lat. nasus
---- _v. a._ == scorn. Ps. lxxix. 7
Sneering, _sb._ Ps. lxxviii. 4
Sneipe, _v. n._ == blow the nose. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Cf. Snyte
Snell, _adj._ == swift. K. Horn, 1517. AS. snel
Snellich, _adv._ == quickly. c.o.k. 161
Snepe, _adj._ == foolish. O. and N. 225. ON. snapr
Snivelling, _part._ Fr. Sci. 279. AS. snofel
Sn.o.bbe, _v. n._ == sob? Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. snof == singultus, Kil.
Snode, _sb._ == a morsel. Ps. cxlvii. 17. AS. snid
Snout, _sb._ K. Horn, 1114. Alys. 6534. ON. snudr
Snow, _sb._ RG. 463
---- _v. n._ Alys. 6450. 3 s. pres. 'snuith.' O. and N. 620
Snub, _v. a._ [snibbe]. Ps. ix. 6. ON. snubba
Snubbing, _sb._ == rebuke. Ps. xvii. 16
Snurpe, _v. n._ == become shrivelled. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Sw. snorpa
Snyte, _v. a._ == blow the nose. St Dunstan, 85; part, 'ysnyt.' Ib. 91.
ON. snta
So, _adv._ with adj. 'a so gret best.' 674 . 'of so n.o.ble fame.' RG. 367
with adv. 'so that.' 643 . 651 . 'so soon' == as soon as. 635
---- == as if. HD. 594
---- == in such manner. RG. 369
---- == as. Wright's L. P. p. 28, 'wery so water in wore'
---- == how [sa]. Ps. x.x.xiii. 9
So. See See
So, _sb._ == a pail. HD. 933. ON. sar. Dan. saa. Fr. seau
Soap, _sb._ RG. 6
Sobbing, _sb._ HD. 234
Socket, _sb._ == blade. Alys. 4415. Fr. soc, a ploughshare
Soffid, _part._ == sought? Ritson's AS. viii. 209
Soft, _adj._ RG. 475, 557; merciful. Ps. x.x.xiii. 9
---- _adv._ == softly. 2128 B.
Soil, _v. a._ RG. 469. AS. sol
---- _v. n._ == become soiled. O. and N. 1274
Sojourn, _sb._ 1585 B.
---- _v. n._ RG. 469
Sojourning, _sb._ Alys. 5209
Solace, _sb._ RG. 442
---- _v. a._ RG. 552
Solacing, _sb._ Alys. 6746
Soldan, _sb._ Alys. 1781
Solement, _adv._ == solely. 197
Solemnity, _sb._ 2237 B. Ps. lxxiii. 4
Solsecle, _sb._ == the herb solsequium, or heliotrope. Wright's L. P. pp.
26, 53
Somdele, _adv._ RG. 545
Some, _adj._ 'sum holi childe.' 104 B.; used absolutely, 'somme' == some persons. RG. 396, 459
