A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 121

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