+Spyrakle+, _sb._ the breath of life, S2.--Lat. _spiraculum uitae_, Gen.

7. 22 (Vulg.).

+Squames+, _sb. pl._ scales, C3.--Lat. _squama_.

+Squaymous+, _adj._ loth, fastidious, CM; see +Skeymowse+.

+Squier+, _sb._ squire, S, C2; +squyer+, C2, S2.--OF. _esquer_, _escuier_; Late Lat. _scutarium_, from Lat. _scutum_, shield; cp. It.

_scudiere_.

+Squyler+, _sb._ dish-washer, S2; +sqwyllare+, Prompt., SkD (s.v.

_scullery_); +swyllere+, Voc.--OF. _sculier_ (Ducange); Late Lat.

_scutelarium_, one in charge of the dishes (Ducange); from Lat.

_scutella_. (It seems to have been confused with _swiller_; see SkD, s.v. _scullery_.--W. W. S.)

+Squylerey+, _sb._ room for washing dishes in, a scullery, SkD.--Cp. OF.

_esculier_; Late Lat. _scutellarium_, 'locus ubi reponuntur scutellae'

(Ducange). See above.

+Sqware+, _adj._ square, Prompt.; +sware+, S2.--OF. _esquarre_; Lat.

_ex_ + _quadram_; cp. It. _squadra_.

+Srid+, _pt. s._ clothed, S; see +Schrouden+.

+Srud+, _sb._ dress, S; see +Schroud+.

+Ss-+; see +Sch-+.

+Sseawere+, _sb._ a mirror, S2; see +Schawere+.

+Sseawy+, _v._ to show, S2; see +Schewen+.

+Ssedde+; see under +Scheden+.

+Ssede+; see under +Schade+.

+Ssolde+, should; see +Scholde+.

+Ssoldren+, _pl._ shoulders, S2; see +Schuldere+.

+Stable+, _adj._ constant, firm, fixed, C2, W, PP; +stabli+, _adv._, W.--AF. _estable_; Lat. _stabilem_.

+Stable+, _v._ to establish, confirm, to cause to rest, S3, W, P, C; +y-stabled+, S3.--OF. _establir_.

+Stablischen+, _v._ to establish, W; +stablisse+, PP.--OF. _establiss-_, stem of _establissant_, pp. of _establir_.

+Stac+, _pt. s._ closed up, S2; see +Steken+.

+Stad+, _pp._ bestead, circ.u.mstanced, beset, WA, S2.--Icel. _staddr_, circ.u.mstanced, Swed. _stadd_.

+Staf+, _sb._ a staff, stick, a letter of the alphabet, PP, SD; +staffe+, Prompt.; +staues+, _pl._, S2, PP. _Comb._: +stef-creft+, the art of grammar, S; +staf-slinge+, staff-sling, C2; +staff-slynge+, HD; +staff-slyngere+, staff-slinger, HD.--AS. _staef_, staff, stick, twig, letter written on a twig, see Weigand (s.v. _buchstab_); cp. Icel.

_stafr_, OHG. _stab_, _buohstab_ (Tatian).

+Staire+, _adj._ steep, WA; +stayre+, WA (_n_).

+Staire+, _sb._ stair, ladder, WA.--AS. _st?ger_. See +Stien+.

+Stal+, +Stall+, _pt. s._ of +Stelen+.

+Stale+, _sb._ stealing, S.--AS. _stalu_.

+Stalken+, _v._ to step slowly, C, G; +stalkyn+, Prompt.; +stalked him+, _pt. s. refl._, C2.--AS. _stealcian_; see Sweet, _Anglo-Saxon Primer_, 83. 37.

+Stalle+, _sb._ place, state, station, prison, stall, booth, PP, Prompt.; +steal+, S; +stal+, Prompt.; +stale+, S3.--AS. _steal_: OHG.

_stal_ (Otfrid).

+Stallit+, _pp._ placed, S3.

+Stallyn+, _v._ to enthrone prelates, Prompt.

+Stalwore+, _adj._ stout, strong, st.u.r.dy, S2, G; +stalworth+, PP, H (pp. 26, 87); +stalword+, S2; +stalworthy+, S3, Prompt.; +stalworest+, _superl._, S2; +stalwortly+, _adv._ st.u.r.dily, S2. _Comb._: +stalworth-hede+, stalwartness, S2.--AS. _staelwur_ (Chron. ann. 896).

+Stamyn+, _sb._ stamine, linsey-woolsey cloth, a garment made of that material, Prompt., Cath. (_n_); +stamin+, S; +stamine+, HD.--OF.

_estamine_, tamine, also a strainer (Cotg.).

+Stamyn+, _sb._ the stem, bows of a vessel, S2; +stamyne+, Cath.

(_n_).--Icel. _stafn_, _stamn_, a post, prow-post, also stern-post; cp.

It. _stamine_, the upright ribs or pieces of timber of the inside of a ship, of our shipwrights called foot-stocks (Florio).

+Standen+, _v._ to stand, to cost, be valid, S; +stonden+, S, S2, C2, W; +stant+, _pr. s._, S, S2, S3; +stont+, S; +stand+, S2; +stonte+, S2; +stode+, _pt. s._, S2; _pl._, S2; +stoden+, S2, C2; +stude+, S3; +i-stonde+, _pp._, S.--AS. _standan_, pt. _stod_, pp. _ge-standen_.

+Stane+, _sb. dat._ stone, S; see +Stoon+.

+Stang+, _sb._ stagnant pool; +stanc+, S2; +stank+, HD; +stangis+, _pl._, H; +stange?+, S2; +staunkis+, H.--OF. _estang_, _estan_ (_estanc_); Lat. _stagnum_.

+Stangen+, _v._ to p.r.i.c.k, to throb, HD, H. _Der._: +stangynge+, torment, H.

+Stannyris+, _sb. pl._ the small stones and gravel at the side of a river, S3. See +Stoon+.

+Staple+, _sb._ a loop of iron in a wall used for fastening chains, S3 (p. 472).--AS. _stapul_ (Voc.).

+Starf+, _pt. s._ died, S2, C2; see +Steruen+.

+Starin+, _v._ to stare, also to shine, glitter, SD; +stare+, C2, S3, PP; +starinde+, _pr. p._, S; +stareand+, S2.--AS. _starian_.

+Stark+, _adj._ strong, firm, severe, S, S3; +starrc+, S; +starke+, _pl._, C2.--AS. _stearc_: OS. _starc_.

+Starnys+, _pl._ stars, S3; see +Sterne+.