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Swine, _sb._ RG. 376
Swing, _v. a._ == strike, beat. Wright's L. P. p. 84. AS. swingan
Swink, _v. n._ == labour. RG. 41; [iswinc]. Moral Ode, st. 94
---- _sb._ == labour, toil. RG. 40, 234. AS. swincan
Swire, _sb._ == neck. Wright's L. P. p. 35. AS. sweora
Swise. See Swithe
Swithe, _adj._ == vehement. 340 . AS. swi
---- _adv._ == quickly. HD. 140, 682
---- == very. HD. 111; [swise], O. and N. 1565. AS. swie
Swithe, _v. a._ == burn; pret. 'swath.' Ps. cv. 18; part. 'swithand.' Ps.
lx.x.xii. 15. ON. svia
Swiving, _sb._ == fornication. Pol. S. 69 Swed. besofva
Swo, _adv._ == so. Wright's L. P. p. 49
---- == as if. O. and N. 76
Swoon, _sb._ RG. 13. AS. a-swunan
---- _v. n._ [swoghen]. Alys. 5857; part. 'yswowe.' RG. 290. Alys. 2262; 'yswawe.' Alys. 2379
Swooning, _sb._ K. Horn, 454
Swop, _sb._ == blow. Marg. 30. ON. svipa
Sword, _sb._ RG. 395
Swore, == sworn? Pol. S. 157
Swored, _sb._ == neck. Alys. 974
Sworre, _sb._ == war. RG. 413
Swost. Rel. S. v. 152. The rhyme requires 'swo?,' for which 'swost' is probably an error; 'swo?' may mean 'throw.' See Hall. _s. v._ Swot
Swynde, _v. n._ == waste away. Pol. S. 150. AS. swindan
Sygaldry, _sb._ == nonsense, trick. Alys. 7015. Fr. singe, singerie? In the Manuel des Pecches, v. 503, 'sygaldry' occurs as a verb, in the sense of 'sing charms, or spells'
Syke, == sigh, _q. v._
Synagogue, _sb._ Ps. lx.x.xi. 1
Sytoling, _sb._ == playing on the citole or guitar. Alys. 1043
Sywe, Sywinge. See Sue
Sywete. See Suite
T.
Tabard, _sb._ == a short cloak worn by military personages. Alys. 5476.
Fr. tabar. Ital. tabaro. See Wright's Vocabb. p. 133
Tabernacle, _sb._ RG. 20
Tabor, _sb._ == a musical instrument. RG. 396
Taboring, _sb._ Alys. 925
Tache, _v. a._ == spot or stain. Wright's L. P. p. 70. Fr. tache
Tail, _sb._ (cauda). RG. 416. AS. t?gel
---- == retinue of followers. RG. 305
Tail, _sb._ == tax. RG. 524. Fr. taille
---- == figure. RG. 117. Fr. taille
Tail, _v. a._ == cut up. Alys. 2133. Fr. tailler
---- _sb._ == slaughter. Alys. 2217
Tailed, _adj._ RG. 416
Taillage, _sb._ == tax. 343 B.
Take, _v. a._ 3 s. pres. 'tas.' Ps. i. 4; 'thas'? HD. 1129; pret. 'took.'
RG. 384
---- _v. n._ to 'take on' about a thing == be annoyed at it. 639 B.
Tale, _sb._ == story. HD. 5; talk. O. and N. 3. RG. 195
