A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 122
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Spit, _sb._ == kitchen spit. RG. 207. AS. spitu

---- _v. a._ == pierce with a spit, RG. 207

Spit, _v. a._ [spret]. Alys. 979

---- _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Spore, an error for 'swore' == neck? O. and N. 1123

Spouse, _sb._ == husband. RG. 431

---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1332

---- _v. a._ RG. 368, 422; part. 'yspoused.' RG. 393

Spousebreach, _sb._ RG. 26

Spousehood, _sb._ RG. 26, 367

Spousing, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 431

---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1553

Sprawl, _v. n._ HD. 475

Spray, _sb._ == twig of a tree. RG. 552. AS. spree

Spread, _v. a._ HD. 95.

---- == overspread. Sermon, 30; part. 'ysprad.' RG. 545

Spread, _v. n._ Wright's L. P. p. 70. AS. spraedan

Spret. See Spit

Spring, _v. n._ RG. 15; pret. 'sp.r.o.ng.' RG. 384; part. 'isprung.' O. and N. 300. AS. springan

Spring, _sb._ == fountain. Wright's L. P. p. 70

Springe, _sb._ == snare. O. and N. 1064

Sprit [spreot], _sb._ == bowsprit. Alys. 858. AS. sprit

Sprout, _sb._ HD. 1142. Ps. lxxix. 12. AS. sprote

Spur, _sb._ RG. 544. AS. spor

---- _v. a._ RG. 376

Spurless, _adj._ Pol. S. 71

Spurn, _v. a._ Ps. xc. 12

Sputing, _sb._ == disputing. O. and N. 1572

Spy, _sb._ Body and Soul, 130. Alys. 3530

---- _v. a._ == look out, devise. Alys. 7013

Spyrie ? Alys. 2995. Possibly a mistake for 'squyrie,' i. e. the squires

Squat, _v. a._ == squash, crush. Ps. cix. 6. AS. cwatan, to shake

Squire, _sb._ RG. 536, 380

Stability, _sb._ Ritson's AS. viii. 98

Stable, _adj._ RG. 551, 455

---- _v. a._ == stablish; part. 'ystabled.' Alys. 4690

Stably, _adv._ RG. 551, 123

Staff, _sb._ RG. 126. AS. staef

Stage, _sb._ == platform. Alys. 5585

Stake, _sb._ RG. 51. AS. staca

Stake, _sb._ == a blow. Alys. 2835. AS. stician, to stab, fix in

Stake, _v. a._ == hazard; part. 'steke.' Alys. 69

Stale, _sb._ == stealing. M. Ode, st. 128

Stall, _sb._ 'stal ne stode' == neither ox nor horse, i. e. in no capacity. O. and N. 1630

Stall, _sb._ == stable. Wright's L. P. p. 48. AS. steal

Stallion, _sb._ [stalun]. c.o.k. 165

Stalward, _adj._ RG. 384, 538. AS. stael-weor, that which is worth taking

Stalwardhede, _sb._ RG. 213, 274

Stalwardly, _adv._ RG. 394, 399

Stalwardman, _sb._ RG. 400