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+Sowdanesse+, _sb._ sultaness, S2, C3.

+Sowde+, _v._ to strengthen; +sowdid+, _pp._ (= Lat. _consolidatae_), W.--OF. _souder_ (Cotg.): It. _soldare_; Lat. _solidare_, see SkD (s.v.

_solder_).

+Sowde+, _sb._ stipend, pay, W; +sowd+, Prompt.; +sowdis+, _pl._, W.--OF. _soude_; Lat. _soldum_, a sum of money, from _solidus_.

+Sowdyowre+, _sb._ one that fights for pay, soldier, Prompt.; +soudiour+, S3.--Cp. OF. _soudoier_ (Ducange).

+Sowen+, _v._ to sow, S, PP; +sawe+, S; +souwen+, PP; +sewe+, _pt. s._, W; +sew+, H; +sewen+, _pl._, S; +seowe+, _pt. s. subj._, S; +sowun+, _pp._, W; +sowe+, G; +?e-sawen+, S.--AS. _sawan_.

+Sowse+, _v._ to immerse in brine, to plunge in water, to drench with rain, Palsg., S3; +soused+, _pp._, pickled, Sh.; +soust+, drenched, Spenser 1.--From OF. _sause_, sauce; Lat. _salsa_, salted.

+Sowse+, _sb._ a dish of pickled food, _succidium_, Voc.

+Sowthe+, _adj._ south, Prompt.; +sothe+, S3; +su+, S. _Comb._: +Sou-hamtessire+, Hamps.h.i.+re, S2; +Su-saexe+, Suss.e.x, SD.--AS. _su_: OHG. _sund-ana_, from the south (Tatian).

+Sowtherne+, _adj._ southern, Prompt.; +soueron+, S2; +southren+, C3; +sothroun+, S3; +suthroun+, S3.

+Soyr+, _adj._ brown (as of withered leaves), S3.--OF. _sor_ (Roland); cp. F. _saure_. Of Teutonic origin. See +Seere+.

+Spaec+, _pt. s._ of +Speken+, q.v.

+Spaeche+, _sb._ speech, S; see +Speche+.

+Spak+, _adj._ wise, prudent, quiet, gentle, SD; +spake+, HD; +spakliche+, _adv._, SD; +spakli+, S2.--Icel. _spakr_, quiet, gentle, wise.

+Spale+, _sb._ a chip of wood, splinter, S, SD; +spalle+, Prompt.; +spolle+, Prompt.; +spole+, Voc.--Icel. _spolr_ (_spala_, gen. pl.).

+Spang+, _sb._ a metal fastening, brooch, clasp, buckle; +spangs+, _pl._, S3.--AS. _spange_ (Grein).

+Spangele+, _sb._ a small plate of s.h.i.+ning metal used to ornament a bridle, _lorale_, Prompt.

+Spanyn+, _v._ to wean, Prompt.; +spane+, HD; +spaned+, H, Cath.--Cp. G.

_spanen_, OHG. _(bi)spenjan_, Du. _spenen_, see Weigand; cp. also AS.

_spana_, 'ubera' (Voc.).

+Spanynge+, _sb._ a weaning, _ablactacio_, Cath., Prompt.

+Sparkle+, _sb._ spark. Prompt. _Comb._: +deed-sparcle+ (= Lat.

_fauilla_), W2.

+Sparlire+, _sb._ the calf of the leg, HD; +sparlyuer+, _sura_, Trevisa (5. 355); +sperlyuer+, _musculus_, Voc.--AS. _spear-lira_, 'sura' (Deut.

28. 35), _speoru-lira_ (OET.).

+Sparre+, _sb._ a beam, bar, spar, C, S3, Prompt., Cath.--AS. _speoru_ (Voc.); cp. Icel. _sparri_.

+Sparthe+, _sb._ axe, battle-axe, Prompt., Cath.; +sparth+, C, WA.--Icel. _spara_.