A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Spit, _sb._ == kitchen spit. RG. 207. AS. spitu
---- _v. a._ == pierce with a spit, RG. 207
Spit, _v. a._ [spret]. Alys. 979
---- _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Spore, an error for 'swore' == neck? O. and N. 1123
Spouse, _sb._ == husband. RG. 431
---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1332
---- _v. a._ RG. 368, 422; part. 'yspoused.' RG. 393
Spousebreach, _sb._ RG. 26
Spousehood, _sb._ RG. 26, 367
Spousing, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 431
---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1553
Sprawl, _v. n._ HD. 475
Spray, _sb._ == twig of a tree. RG. 552. AS. spree
Spread, _v. a._ HD. 95.
---- == overspread. Sermon, 30; part. 'ysprad.' RG. 545
Spread, _v. n._ Wright's L. P. p. 70. AS. spraedan
Spret. See Spit
Spring, _v. n._ RG. 15; pret. 'sp.r.o.ng.' RG. 384; part. 'isprung.' O. and N. 300. AS. springan
Spring, _sb._ == fountain. Wright's L. P. p. 70
Springe, _sb._ == snare. O. and N. 1064
Sprit [spreot], _sb._ == bowsprit. Alys. 858. AS. sprit
Sprout, _sb._ HD. 1142. Ps. lxxix. 12. AS. sprote
Spur, _sb._ RG. 544. AS. spor
---- _v. a._ RG. 376
Spurless, _adj._ Pol. S. 71
Spurn, _v. a._ Ps. xc. 12
Sputing, _sb._ == disputing. O. and N. 1572
Spy, _sb._ Body and Soul, 130. Alys. 3530
---- _v. a._ == look out, devise. Alys. 7013
Spyrie ? Alys. 2995. Possibly a mistake for 'squyrie,' i. e. the squires
Squat, _v. a._ == squash, crush. Ps. cix. 6. AS. cwatan, to shake
Squire, _sb._ RG. 536, 380
Stability, _sb._ Ritson's AS. viii. 98
Stable, _adj._ RG. 551, 455
---- _v. a._ == stablish; part. 'ystabled.' Alys. 4690
Stably, _adv._ RG. 551, 123
Staff, _sb._ RG. 126. AS. staef
Stage, _sb._ == platform. Alys. 5585
Stake, _sb._ RG. 51. AS. staca
Stake, _sb._ == a blow. Alys. 2835. AS. stician, to stab, fix in
Stake, _v. a._ == hazard; part. 'steke.' Alys. 69
Stale, _sb._ == stealing. M. Ode, st. 128
Stall, _sb._ 'stal ne stode' == neither ox nor horse, i. e. in no capacity. O. and N. 1630
Stall, _sb._ == stable. Wright's L. P. p. 48. AS. steal
Stallion, _sb._ [stalun]. c.o.k. 165
Stalward, _adj._ RG. 384, 538. AS. stael-weor, that which is worth taking
Stalwardhede, _sb._ RG. 213, 274
Stalwardly, _adv._ RG. 394, 399
Stalwardman, _sb._ RG. 400
