The parlament of foules, by Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed., with introduction, notes, and glossary, by T. R. Lounsbury.

GLOSSARY.

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act ii. scene 4: Silvia. -Servant. Valentine. Mistress. (0. F. servant,
Lat. pres. part. serviens.)
Sese(n), vw. To seize. (0. F. saisir,
seisir.)
Shappe(n), vw. To devise, produce,
502. (A.-S. vs. scapan, sceipan.')
Shende(n), vw. To spurn, to shame,
to harm, 494; pret. shente, 255. (A.S. scendan, scende.)
Shove(n), vs. To shove; jret. shof,
I54. (A.-S. scufan; sceaf, scufon;
scofen.)
Syke(n), vw. To sigh, 404. (A.-S.
sican.)
Syn, prep. and conj. Since, 64, 435,
484, 608, 624, 654. (A.-S. sip/an.)
Sittyng, adj. Becoming, fitting; suferl. sittyngest, 551. (Pres. part. of
sitte(n), A.-S. sittan, to sit, to fit.)
Skill, n. Reason, proof, ground of
argument, 537. (A.-S. scile, difference,
discrimination; 0. N. skil, distinction,
discernment, adjustment, due.)
Sle(n), vs. To slay, to kill, 217. (A.S. slahan, sMin.)
Soleyn, adj. Alone, unmated, unmarried, 607, 614. (Prov. solan, from
Lat. solus, alone. Moder English,
sullen.)
Sote, adj. Sweet, 274, 296. (A.-S.
swote; 0. N. sotr.)
Soth(e), n. Truth, 78, 574, 578, 640.
(A.-S. sap.)
Sothly, adv. Truly, in sooth, 270,
557, 581. (A.-S. sprceC.)
Soun, n. Sound, 344. (A.-S. san, 0.
F. son, sun, from Lat. sonus.)
Spede(n), vw. To prosper, to suc.
ceed, to speed, to hurry off, 133, 385,
56o; p.. sped, loI. (A.-S. spedan,
spdde. See note on 1. 560.)
Spede, n. Profit, 507. (A.-S. sped.)
Spere, n. Sphere. (Prov. shkera,
esphera, espera; Lat. sphera.)
Spice, n. Species, kind, especially
any kind of spice or drug, 206. (0. F.
espece; L. Lat. escicia, from Lat.

species, kind, and meaning, in late
Latin, drugs, spices, &c.)
Sterve(n), vw. To die, 420. (A.-S.
vs. steorfan, to die, vw. stearfian, to
die of hunger or cold. Modem English, starve.)
Straunge, adj. Unfavorable, adverse, 584. (0. F. estrange, from Lat.
extraneus.)
Stroyere, n. Destroyer, 360. (From
0. E. destroien, destruien; 0. F. destruire, from Lat. destruere, from
negative prefix de and struere, to pile
up, to build. Strayere would strictly
mean, in consequence, a builder-up
instead of a puller-down; but both it
and the verb stroien were in constant
use in Old English in the sense of the
compound forms.)
Subtyl, adj. Finely woven, delicately
made, thin, 272. (0. F. sutil; Lat.
subtilis, from sub, somewhat, slightly,
and tela, warp, web.)
Suffisaunce, n. Contentment, that
which affords satisfaction, 637. (From
0. F. sufire, and suffix aunce.)
Sumdel, n. Somewhat, something,
112. (A.-S. sum and dad, deal, part.)
Sweuene, n. Dream, i5x, Ii8. (A.S. swefen.)
Swich(e), adj. Such, I4, 255, 283,
3I8, 515, 536. (A.-S. swilc.)
Swithe, Swythe, adv. Speedily,
503, 623. (A-S. swithe, strongly, violently.)
Swow, n. A confused noise, 247. (A.S. swag, a noise, swbgan, to move with
noise. Modern English, sough.)
Swyme(n), vs. To abound, swarm,
188. (A.-S. swimman, to swim.)
T.
Tempere(n), vw. To temper, to
bring to the proper measure of hardness, 214. (A.-S. temprian; 0. F.
temprer, from Lat. temperare.)
Tendite, see under To.
t