The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly ...

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446 GLOSSARIAL INDEX, AND INDEX OF NAMES.
Speris, j9r. s. shuts, 5545; shuts up,
5494; pr.pl. shut, 1466.
Sperpolid, ^jf. 2^. dispersed, scattered,
4162. See Sparpil in Halliwell.
Spetoiis, adj. spiteful, contemptuous,
4567 ;
Spetous (Spitous), angry,
hence terrible, destructive, 2458.
Spices, pi. spices, 4724, 5427.
Spill, ger. to kill, 3190; (Spyll),
2663; Spillis (Spyllez), ^^r. s. kills,
1318 ;
Spillen, pr. pi. spill, shed,
8060; Spill, die, 3798; SpiUe,
snlj. pr. s. 1 p. kill, 5346 ; Spilt
(Spilten), pt. pi. spilt, scattered,
1419; Spilt,p^. overthrown, 4162.
Spire, ger. to ask, enquire, 2178;
Spirid, pt. s. asked, 3840 ; Spird,
237. A.S. spyrian.
Spirris (Sparres), pr. s. spurs, 1226.
Spise, V. despise, 3533 ; Spises (Dis-
Pysys), _pr. s. 2 p. despisest, 2746;
Spised, pt. s. despised, 4567.
Spitid, pt. s. despised, 2346. Short
for Despitid.
Spittis (Spittes), pr. s. spits, 745.
Spittyng (Spyttyng), s. spitting, 743.
Splene, s. spleen, 5054.
Spoilis, pr. s. divests, unclothes,
4962 ; Spoiles, pr. pi. 2 p. despoil,
rob, 4419.
Spokin (Spokyn). pp. spoken, 745 ;
Spoken, 243, 298.
Spoii[ges], pi. sponges, 5467.
Sporne, v. spurn, contemn, 3533.
Spouse, s. wife, 2677, 3315, 5217.
Sprede, v. spread, 1884 ;
(Spredes),
pr. s. 1514.
Sprengis (Sprynges), pr. s. springs,
931.
Sprent, pp. sprinkled, 743. Pp. of
M.E. sprengen.
(Spreiiten), pr. pi. fly out, fly forward,
786. Sprenfen, prosilire
Stratmann.
Sprete, s. spirit, 3318, 4779, 5000,
5320; (Spirit), 971. See Sprite.
Spring, V. spring, 1884 ; Springis,
pr. 8. springs, 1318 ; arises, 2044
;
rises, 1505; Sprmge. pr. pi. grow
up, 4769; Sprong,^^. s. has spread
abroad, 5111 ; arose, 2044; Sprongen,
pp. ; Of sprongen, sprung
from, 4213.
Sprite, 8. spirit, mind, 5054 ; Sprites,
spirits, 58, 5392.
Sprotis (Sprotes), pi. splinters, 790.
Icel. sproti, twig, stick, rod.
Sprygaldis (Springaltez), pi. catapults,
engines for shooting heavy
missiles, 1419. Miswritten for
spryngaldis. See springal in
Halliwell.
Spurne8,^r.s. thrusts, 786; Spumed,
pt. pi. kicked, 3898.
Spynnes, pr. s. reft, goes swiftly,
3033. Cf. "to go at a spinning
pace."
Spyse (Spj'syn), pr. pi. despise,
2931. SAor< /or Despyse.
Spyte (Spite), spite, 745. Short for
Despite.
(Stable), s. stable, 755* 758*.
Stable (Stabyll), adj. stable, 3259.
Stable (Stabill),^er. to make stable,
to build up Hrinly, 1367 ; v. fix,
1091 ; Stablis, pr. s. settles,
4631.
Stad, pp. placed, 465; beset, 499.
Icel. staddr, placed.
(Staddes with), pr. 8. ponders, resolves,
settles within himself,
2960. Cf. Icel. steija, to fix, appoint,
resolve ; pp. staddr. But
probably a false reading.
Staffe, s. round or rung of a ladder,
1438; Stafe (Staffe), staff of a
sling, 1444.
Staffull, adj. quite full, 1543, 4897.
Stagis, pi. floors, stories of a building,
5265 ;
rows of windows above
one another, 4897.
Staire (Stare), s. stair, i. e. ladder,
1438.
Staire, adj. steep, sheer, 4828. A
Yorkshireman told me that the
ascent of Ingleborongh from the
West was 'a steer dim.' And so
See stayre in Gloss, to Allit.
it is.
Poems.
Stairis, pr. s. ascends, 4834.
(Stakez), pr. s. staggers, 845. See
below.
Stakirs, pr. s. staggers, 845. Icel.
stakra, to stagger.
Stallid, pt. pi. placed, 195; Stall,
imp. pi. 1 p. let us install, place,
589.