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Southeast. Alys. 5225
Southern, _adj._ 463
Southward. 513
Southwest [southerwest]. Ritson's AS. viii. 155
Sove, == seven. Fr. Sci. 29
Sovereign, _sb._ RG. 15
Sow, _v. a._ RG. 499; 'to sow of one's land.' RG. 496; pret. 'sewe.' RG.
29; part. 'isowe.' O. and N. 1127
Sowel, _sb._ == anything eaten with bread; sauce, meat, &c. HD. 767. Dan.
suul
Spade, _sb._ RG. 99. AS. spad
Spakely, _adv._ == surely, certainly. Wright's L. P. p. 37. ON. spakligr.
'spakky' in Rel. Ant. ii. 212, is a mistake for 'spakly'
Spale, _sb._ == rest? O. and N. 258. Sw. 'spel,' game or play
Span, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 35. AS. span
---- _v. a._ == allure. O. and N. 1488. AS. spanan
Spannew, _adj._ Alys. 4055. HD. 968; lit. 'as new as a chip,' from AS.
spon, a chip; cf. Swed. 'spillerny' == span-new, with Sw. spiltra, a splinter, and Engl. 'spill'
Sparc, _sb._ == park. RG. 439
Spare, _v. a._ RG. 428, 429
Spark, _sb._ HD. 91
---- _v. n._ == sparkle. HD. 2144
Sparkle, _sb._ Body and Soul, 208
Sparrow, _sb._ 1098 B.
Spatle, _v. n._ == s...o...b..r in speaking. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Speak. RG. 497; pret. 'speke.' RG. 419; part. 'ispeke.' 936 B.
Spear, _sb._ RG. 48, 564. AS. spere
Spearman, _sb._ RG. 378
Special, _adj._ RG. 422
---- _sb._ == a particular friend. Alys. 3288. St Dunstan, 194
Specially, _adv._ RG. 497
Speech, _sb._ RG. 412, 419
Speed, _v. n._ == succeed. pret. 'spedde.' RG. 303, 396; part, 'isped.'
1487 B. AS. spedan
Spell, _sb._ == tale. HD. 338, 2530. AS. spell
---- _v. n._ == tell, relate. HD. 15
Spelling, _sb._ == tale. Ps. lxxii. 28
Spence, _sb._ == expenses. RG. 167; money to defray expenses. RG. 275; [spounse]. 1566 B.
Spend, _v. a._ RG. 528; pret. 'spende.' RG. 390
Spending, _sb._ [spenynge]. RG. 389
Sperd, _part._ == barred, locked up. HD. 448. ON. sperra
Sperver, _sb._ == sparrowhawk. Alys. 183. Fr. espervier
Spew, _v. n._ Pol. S. 240. AS. spiwan
Spice, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 34
Spicery, _sb._ RG. 151
Spill, _sb._ == a splinter of wood; 'not worth a spill.' 850 B. Ital.
spillo. AS. speld
Spill, _v. a._ == destroy. 306 B.; part. 'ispild.' O. and N. 1025
---- _v. n._ == miscarry. Wright's L. P. p. 84
Spin, _v. a._ Alys. 6806; part. 'ysponne.' Alys. 7251
Spinnandweb, _sb._ == spider. Ps. lx.x.xix. 9
Spire, _sb._ == a sprout, twig. O. and N. 18. ON. spira
Spire, _v. a._ == inquire, learn. HD. 2620. Alys. 2569. AS. spirian.
Scotch, speer
