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1. sọ̄t(e n.

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(a) Sweetness of taste, used fig.: pleasant or easy circumstances, good fortune; also, a sweet drink; -- used fig.; for sot or sour, for good or ill; (b) a sweet smell; sup. that which is most…

2. sọ̄t n.(2)

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(a) Soot; chaumbre sot; (b) in conventional comparisons of blackness or bitterness; (c) as adj.: covered with soot, sooty; (d) as surname and in place name [see Smith PN Elem.2.134].

3. sọ̄telī adv.

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(a) Fragrantly and flavorfully, so as to be savory; -- used fig.; (b) pleasingly to the ear, melodiously; (c) gently; tenderly; slepen soteli, to sleep peacefully.

4. sothē̆d(e n.

Additional spellings: sothede
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(a) Foolishness, folly; (b) a foolish act; a foolish thing.

5. unsọ̄te adj.

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Disagreeable, unpleasant; bitter; also, distressed, pained.

6. sitisot n.

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A game involving the giving of blows; ?blindman's buff; pleien (leiken) sitisot.

7. sotlī adj.

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Foolish.

8. tot(te n.(1)

Additional spellings: totte
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A fool, simpleton; also, a devil.

9. sọ̄t(e)-hēde n.

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Sweetness or spiciness of smell.

10. sotlī adv.

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Foolishly.

11. sot adj.

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(a) Stupid, foolish [some exx. could be construed as sot n.(1)]; (b) ?in surname.

12. sotten v.

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(a) To be or become stupid or foolish; (b) to delude (sb.), confuse; blear (the sight); ppl. sotted, demented, confused, deluded; (c) ben sotted upon (on), to be infatuated with (sb. or sth.); ppl. so

13. swōt-rēd adj.

Additional spellings: swotred
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?Red with rust; ?blood-red.

14. setle n.

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(a) A place for sitting, a seat; a chair, bench, stool, etc.; also fig.; long setle [see long-setel n.]; (b) a special chair reserved for the holder of a position of authority or special dignity; a…

15. sot n.(1)

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(a) A fool, simpleton; a madman; also, an innocent [quot. a1500]; sottes iferen, fellow fools; siti sot, q.v.; (b) a wretch, rascal, villain; (c) as a term of abuse; (d) in proverbs; (e) ?as surname.

16. sọ̄tī adj.

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Dirty, filthy; covered with soot.