A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 118

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