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+Swote+, _adj._ sweet, S, C; see +Swete+.
+Swouch+, _v._ to make a rustling sound, S3.--AS. _swogan_. See +Swowen+.
+Swough+, _sb._ the sound of the wind, a sighing, swoon, C, C2, CM, HD; +swogh+, S3, HD; +swowe+, S2, HD. See above.
+Swowe+, _sb._ swoon, S2; see +Swough+.
+Swowen+, _v._ to faint, swoon, PP; +i-swo?e+, _pp._, S; +y-swo?e+, S.--AS. _swogan_, to make a noise like the wind, to sough, sigh. Cf.
+Swouch+, +Swough+, +Suhien+.
+Swowne+, _sb._ swoon; +sowne+, S3; +suun+, S2; +swownde+, HD; +sound+, S3.
+Swownen+, _v._ to swoon, C, C2, C3, Prompt., Cath.; +swoune+, PP.
+Swunche+, _sb._ toil, S; see +Swink+.
+Swungen+, _pp._ beaten, scourged, S; see +Swingen+.
+Swunken+, _pt. pl._ worked, toiled, S; see +Swinken+.
+Swupen+, _pl._ whips, scourges, S; see +Swepe+.
+Swue+, _adv._ very, quickly, S; see +Swithe+.
+Swyche+, _adj._ such, PP, S2; +swiche+, S, C2, PP; +swuch+, S; +suich+, S2; +soche+, S; +zuyche+, S2; +siche+, W; +swice+, S; +swulche+, S; +swilch+, S; +swulc+, S; +swilc+, S; +swilk+, H, S; +suilc+, S; +suilk+, S, S2; +silc+, S2; +sike+, S3.--AS. _swilc_ (= _swa_ + _lic_).
+Swymbel+, _sb._ a giddy motion, C.--Cp. Dan. _svimmel_, giddiness.
+Swyme+, _sb._ dizziness, vertigo, HD (s.v. _swime_), SkD (s.v.
_swim_, 2); +swym+, SkD.--AS. _swima_; see SkD (s.v. _squeamish_).
+Sy+, _sb._ victory, S; see +Si?e+.
+Syde+, _adj._ and _adv._ wide, long, far, Cath.; +side+, S, PP, S2, Cotg. (s.v. _robon_); +syd+, Prompt. (_n_); +syyd+, Prompt.; +cyyd+, Prompt.; +sydder+, _comp._, P.--AS. _sid_, wide, _side_, far.
+Syen+, _pt. pl._ saw; see +Seon+.
+Syke+, _sb._ sigh, C; +syk+, C2; +seych+, S3.
+Syken+, _v._ to sigh, C, C3, PP; +siken+, S, S2, PP; +syghte+, _pt.
s._, C3; +sicht+, S3; +sykede+, PP; +syked+, C2; +si?ede+, S3.--AS.
_sican_.
+Syment+, _sb._ cement, MD; +cyment+, MD.--OF. _ciment_; Lat.
_caementum_; see BH, -- 39.
+Symented+, _pp._ cemented, S2.
+Symulacris+, _sb. pl._ images, idols, W; +simylacris+, W; +symelacris+, W.--Lat. _simulacrum_ (Vulg.).
+Syn+, since, S2, S3; see +Sien+.
+Synewe+, _sb._ sinew, Prompt.; +synow+, Voc.; +synoghe+, S2.--AS.
_sinu_ (gen. _sinwe_), see Sievers, 259.
+Syng+, _sb._ sign, S3; +singne+, W; +sygne+, PP; +signe+, PP.--AF.
_signe_; Lat. _signum_.
+Syngabil+, _adj. pl._ things to sing (= Lat. _cantabiles_), H.
+Syngen+, _v._ to sing, PP; +singen+, S; +song+, _pt. s._, S, S3, C2; _pl._, S3; +songe+, S3; +sungen+, _pl._, S; +sunge+, _pp._, S; +songe+, C2.--AS. _singan_.
+Synguler+, _adj._ sole, alone, excelling all, PP; +singuler+, S2, C3, W2; relating to one person, S3; +singulare+, individual, S3; +syngulerli+, only, W2.--Lat. _singularis_.
+Synnamome+, _sb._ cinnamon, S3; +cynamome+, MD; +synamome+, MD; +synamon+, MD.--OF. _cinamome_; Lat. _cinnamomum_ (Vulg.); Gr.
???????; Heb. _qinnamon_.
+Synopyr+, _sb._ a pigment of reddish and greenish colour, Prompt.; +synopar+, S3; +cynoper+, MD; +cinoper+, ND; +cynope+, green, in heraldry, SkD (s.v. _sinople_).--Cp. OF. _sinople_, green colour in blazon (Cotg.), also _sinope_; Late Lat. _sinopidem_, red ochre; from Gr. s???p??, a red earth; from S???p?, Sinope, a port on the Black Sea.
+Syon+, _sb._ scion, a cutting for grafting, a young shoot, S3, Palsg.; +cyun+, Prompt.; +cion+, SkD; +sioun+, SD; +siouns+, _pl._, branches (= Lat. _palmites_), W2.--OF. _cion_.
+Syrupe+, _sb._ syrup, Cath.; +sirop+, SkD; +soryp+, Prompt.; +seroppes+, _pl._ syrups, S3.--OF. _syrop_ (Cotg.); Arab. _shurab_, syrup, a beverage.
+Sythe+, _sb._ scythe, PP, Voc., Prompt.; +sithe+, P.--AS. _sie_ (Voc.), _sigdi_ (OET); cp. Icel. _sigr_.
+Syue+, _sb._ sieve, C3, Prompt.--AS. _sife_ (Voc.), _sibi_ (OET), see Sievers, 262.
+Sy?en+, _pt. pl._ saw; see +Seon+.
+Sy?t+, _sb._ sight, S2; see +Sighte+.
Ta-, Te-.
+Ta+, _v._ to take, S2, S3; see +Take+. [[headword spelled +Taken+]]
+Taa+, _Comb._: +the taa+, the one, HD.
+Taa+, _sb._ toe, S2; see +Too+.
+Tabard+, _sb._ a short coat or mantle, usually sleeveless, formerly worn by ploughmen, n.o.blemen, and heralds, now by heralds only, HD, SkD, C; +tabart+, S2, PP; +tabarde+, PP, Voc.; +tabbard+, _collobium_, Prompt.; +taberd+, Voc.; +taberde+, Voc.; +tabare+, Voc.--OF. _tabard_, _tabart_, also _tabarre_ (Cotg.); cp. It. _tabarro_.
+Tabarder+, _sb._ a name for scholars at Queen's College, Oxford, ND.
+Tabernacle+, _sb._ a place in which some holy thing is deposited, WA; +tabernacles+, _pl._, niches of a lofty cross, S3; ornamental niches, HD; shrines, S3 (1. 181).--Lat. _tabernaculum_ (Vulg.); cp. OF.
_tabernacle_ (Cotg.).
+Table+, _sb._ in palmistry, a s.p.a.ce between certain lines on the hand, HD; +tables+, _pl._, a game, now called backgammon, CM. See +Tavel+.
