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| sailstone | n | magnet; [Icelandic 'segull' ~ 19th century back-formation from 'segulsteinn', adapted from Middle Low German 'segelstēn', from segel 'sail' + stēn 'stone']
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| sake | vb | to disagree, argue; argue, disagree [OE sacan, meaning to contend, disagree, or dispute]
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| saltern | n | an area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands; salt works [OED; salt + aern 'dwelling']
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| samefeel | vb | to share in another's feeling or emotions (used with with: "I samefeel with you"; empathize [compound of same + feel]
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| seaberg | n | rocky sea outcrop; [OE sæbeorg]
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| searim | n | coast; []
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| skiðe | n | physical harm or damage to a person; injury [OE sciethan]
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| selfdo-ly | adj | done or happening without any influence from the outside, as if by reflex or
habit; automatic [compound of self + do + ly]
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| selfstanding | adj | able to work and live alone without outside help; independent [OED]
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| settledom | n | a culture or a civilised societal structure, either as a whole or an individual society; civilisation [neologism, from settle + -dom]
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| settlegang | n | a heavenly body's course of sinking below the horizon; sunset [OE setlgang]
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| shakeneedy | adj | having a very great desire, need; offering so little chance for improvement as to cause despair; desperate [compound of shake + need + y]
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| shareware | n | a type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience; [OED]
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| shedwise | adj | sagacious intelligent discerning discriminating rational reasonable wise; [OE sceadwis]
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| sheepfold | n | enclosure for keeping sheep; [OED]
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| shipshape | adj | neat, orderly; [ship + shape; of nautical origin, based on the obligation of a sailor to keep his/her quarters arranged neatly and securely against the inevitable turbulence at sea. It also implies a neat and efficient packing to fit into the limited space typically allotted to service members aboard ship.]
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| shiðe | vb | to tear down or bring to an end by wrecking, ruining, killing, etc.; destroy [OE sciethan]
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| shredling | n | a minute portion, part, portion, nano-bit.; shreddings, mote, small bite [OE "scread"]
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| sickhouse | n | building or structure used to care for the sick or injured; hospital, infirmary [neologism, in part inspired by OE lǽcehús "leech-house" (leech=doctor), from sick + house]
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| sidely | adj | sober sedate modest discreet; [OE sidlic]
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| silebeam | n | architrave; [sile 'column, pillar, support' (<OE sýl) + beam]
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| sinwash | vb | cleanse from sin; absolve [compound of sin + wash]
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| smigh | vb | consider think about mediate examine scrutinize; [OE smeagan]
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| snakehead | n | a smuggler, particularly one from China, who specializes in getting people into another country without going through normal immigration channels; people smuggler [OE snaca & heafod; term may come from the "creative smuggling" routes that snake from country to country before entering the target nation]
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| soot | n | a black carbonaceous substance or deposit consisting of fire particles formed by the combustion of coal, wood, oil or other fuels; coom, smut [OE sot]
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| soul scot | n | a due paid on behalf of a deceased person to the church of the parish to which he belonged; mortuary; death duty; deadhouse [OE sawol, "soul" & scet, "a payment"]
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| spelk | n | a surgical splint; a splinter or chip, a small strip of wood; a thatching rod; support, slip of wood, cleft off [archaism, from OE spelc]
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| sprout-month | n | the second month of the year (so called because the cabbages begin to sprout); February [OE, from Sprote-Kalemonath]
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| stalworth | adj | steady, strong, serviceable; [OED; <OE stælwirþe]
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| stepmeal | adv | by degrees, gradually; [OE stæpmælum]
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| stire | vb | to break up the quiet or stillness of; to upset mentally or emotionally, make uneasy, anxious; disturb [from stir (vowel change from schwa to /aI/; akin to German stören)]
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| stonewall | adj | certain, stone cold; [OED]
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| stowaway | n | a person who hides on a ship, aircraft or other vehicle; [CED]
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| sucklewight | n | mammal; [suck(le) OE 'sūcan' + wight OE 'wiht'
akin to Dutch 'Zoogdier' and German 'Säugetier'] |
| swanling | n | the young of a swan; cygnet [OED]
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| swamb | n | fungus; [from OE swamm]
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| sward | n | the skin of the body; the rind of the pork; the surface of soil covered by grass or herbage; skin, rind, stretch of grass, gair [uncommon, from OE swearþ, swarð]
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| swarm smart | n | collective intelligent; . [OE. swearm: large cluster of insects. & smeotan: clever.]
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| swey | adj | silent; [OE swige]
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| swincraft | n | music; [OE swin 'sound, melody' + -craft]
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| sye | n | victory; overthrow, win [update of OE sige]
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