A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 109
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---- _v. n._ == have compa.s.sion on. RG. 449

Rue, _v. n._ == grieve for, repent of; 'that was to rewe sore.' RG. 493.

AS. reowan

---- _sb._ == pity. 1051 B; [reowe]. O. and N. 1443

Rueful, _adj._ == sad. RG. 327

Ruely, _adj._ == sad. Body and Soul, 171

---- _adv._ == ruefully. RG. 126, 263

Rueness, _sb._ == compa.s.sion. HD. 2227

Ruer, _sb._ == a compa.s.sionate person. Ps. lx.x.xv. 15

Rugge, _sb._ == back. RG. 525, 460. AS. hrycg

Rule, _sb._ == regulation. St Dunstan, 46

Ruls, _adj._ == overripe, said of corn. Pol. S. 152. See Halliwell, _s.

v._ Rule. ON. rusill, qui effundit--rusla, prodigere

Run, _v. n._ pret. 'ronne.' Wright's L. P. p. 68; part. 'rennyng' (of water). RG. 80. See Urne

Runci, _sb._ == a nag. HD. 2569. Fr. roncin

Rundel, _sb._ == circle. Fragm. Sci. 62

Rune, _sb._ == conversation. O. and N. 1154. AS. run

Rure, _sb._ == full. O. and N. 1152. AS. hrre

Russin, _sb._ == meal between dinner and supper. c.o.k. 20. ON. russ, temulentia

Rustle, _v. n._ [rotle]. Alys. 930. ON. rosta, a tumult

Ruwet, _sb._ == bugle-horn. Alys. 3699. Fr. ruet, rouette. Lat. rota. See Wright's Vocab. p. 104, where 'litui' is translated by 'ruez.' The name is derived from the circular flexures of the instrument

Rye, _sb._ [ru?e]. Pol. S. 152. AS. rige

Ryme, _v. a._ == cry out, tell; Ritson's AS. viii. 99, 137. AS. hryman

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Sabeline, _sb._ == sable. M. Ode, st. 182

Sack, _sb._ HD. 2019. AS. sacc

Sacre, _v. a._ == consecrate. RG. 445, 522

Sacred, _adj._ Alys. 6777

Sacrificing, _sb._ Alys. 272

Sacring, _sb._ == consecration. RG. 446

Sad, _adj._ == sorrowful. Wright's L. P. p. 29

---- == heavy. Alys. 5587. AS. saed

Saddle, _sb._ RG. 401

Safe, _adj._ Pol. S. 198; [saufe]. Creed of St Athan. 102

Safely, _adv._ RG. 239

Sage, _adj._ == wise. RG. 198. Fr. sage. Ital. saggio. Lat. sapiens

Sage, _sb._ == a plant, the 'Salvia pratensis' of botanists. Wright's L.

P. p. 26. Fr. sauge

Saht, _adj._ == reconciled. Wright's L. P. pp. 46, 47. AS. saht

Sail, _sb._ RG. 47

Saine, _v. a._ == bless. Ps. lxii. 5. AS. senian. Germ. segnen

Saint, as an appellative, 'Seint Thomas.' 1878 B. 'Seyn Poule.' RG. 378

---- _sb._ [sonte]. Wright's L. P. p. 96; [seynte]. Alys. 6763

Sake, _sb._ == contention. O. and N. 1158. AS. sacu

Sake, _sb._ == matter, thing. Wright's L. P. p. 23. Dut. zaak

---- == cause; 'for thine sake.' Wright's L. P. p. 28

Saken, _v. a._ == fight against, kill. Alys. 1884. AS. sacan

Sale, _sb._ == hall. Wright's L. P. p. 26. AS. sal

Salmon, _sb._ Alys. 5446