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sad-fishing n the practice of writing about one's unhappiness or emotional problems on social media, especially in a vague way, in order to attract attention and sympathetic responses.;
[sad + fishing]
sailstone n magnet;
[Icelandic segull ~ 19th century back-formation from segulsteinn, adapted from Middle Low German segelstēn, from segel 'sail' + stēn 'stone']
sake vb to sue, to bring a suit against; to contend;
[OE sacan]
saltern n an area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands; salt works
[OED; salt + aern 'dwelling']
samefeel vb to share in another's feeling or emotions (used with with: "I samefeel with you"; empathize
[compound of same + feel]
sam vb to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean; {{{synonyms}}}
[from ME sammen, samnen, OE samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”)]
sandfarer n nomad of the desert (dry-land): a bedouin; mongolian nomad.; herder-wanderer. folder-upper -
[compound of sand & farer]
sarecraft n stratagem, machination, engineering, technology;
[<OE searucræft]
seabarrow n rocky sea outcrop;
[OE sǽbeorh]
seadom n the domain of the sea and oceans;
[sea + -dom]
sea-dust n salt.; sodium chloride
[OE sea: a division of an ocean or water partially enclosed by land & dust: fine dry, small powdery particles.]
sea-rim n the horizon of a sea or ocean;
[sea + rim]
Searmonth n June;
[<OE searmónaþ]
seldseen adj rare; seldom, hardly ever seen, uncommon, unfamiliar
[CED(Obsolete) OE seldsīne ME seldsene]
selfdom n independence;
[self + -dom]
selfshrithing adj automatic;
[self + OE scrīþan + -ing]
self-sparkle n radiance, panache, vim, vitality;
[self + sparkle]
selfstanding adj able to work and live alone without outside help; independent
[OED]
settledom n a culture or a civilised societal structure, either as a whole or an individual society; civilisation
[neologism, from settle + -dom]
settlegang n a heavenly body's course of sinking below the horizon; sunset
[OE setlgang]
shadow on my shoulder phr sad, unhappy and depressed;
[OE]
shakeneedy adj having a very great desire, need; offering so little chance for improvement as to cause despair; desperate
[compound of shake + need + y]
shakeshaft n a argumentative and confrontational person.; take on; come up against
[derived from the Old English schakken, meaning to brandish, and speer, meaning spear.]
sharedom n A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.; communism, marxism
[share + -dom]
shareware n a type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience;
[OE words 'sheep & fold'.]
shathe vb to injure, to harm, to scathe;
[<ME shāthien < OE sceaþian]
shedtear n one prone to weeping and lamentation. 2. one who cries or sheds tears to take control of a troubling situation.;
[shed + tear]
shedwise adj sagacious intelligent discerning discriminating rational reasonable wise;
[OE sceadwís]
sheepfold n enclosure for keeping sheep;
[OED]
sheepmonger n seller or trader of sheep;
[OED]
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.]
shiremight n power of the local community, self-rule of people free of a professional political class; democracy
[shire ‘local community’ + might ‘power’, loanshift from Gk δῆμος ‘rural district’ + κράτος ‘might’]
shopwise adv about or regarding matters or issues at one's place of work.;
[shop + -wise]
short eats n a snack;
[Sri Lankan English]
shredling n a minute portion, part, portion, nano-bit.; shreddings, mote, small bite
[OE "scread"]
shutting-in n the evening.; the dusk, nightfall.
[OE "shut"]
sinkright adj vertical, upright; perpendicular to the given horizontal field
[calque from Modern German "senkrecht"]
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]
sidely adj sober, sedate, modest, discreet;
[OE sidelíc]
sight path n the eyes, vision;
[OE sight & path (a kenning)]
sightlike adj visual; seeinglike
[sight + -like]
silebeam n architrave;
[sile 'column, pillar, support' (<OE sýl) + beam]
sinshalk n seneschal;
[(<PG siniskalkaz)]
sithen [1] adv Obsolete word for "since then"; after that, afterwards, subsequently
[CED (Obsolete) OE siþþan, ME ſiþen/siþen † This word can be located at the beginning of the manuscript for Sir Gawain and The Green Knight in Middle English. This is exemplified as "Siþen þe ſege ⁊ þe aſſaut watz ſeſed at Troye".]
sithing n A journey or a way; one's experiences in life; an instant in time or an occasion; synonym with trip (when referring to a journey)
[From the Old English "sīþ", which holds the same meanings as above]
silver

'a shoe of silver makes iron soft.'

pvb a bribe will soften the heart of the most obdurate;
[OE]
sinwash vb cleanse or absolve from sin;
[compound of sin + wash]
sleep-stealers n those things that keep you awake at night, such as stress, medication, a snoring partner etc.; sleeplessnesses
[compound of OE wordssleep + stealer]
smay vb to scrutinize, to investigate; to meditate on, to ponder;
[ME smēȝen < OE smeagan]
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.]
snake-whisperer n one who adopts a sympathetic view of the needs and desires of the snake.; horse-whisper; dog-whisperer,
[Old English : snake & whisperer; by analogy with 'horse-whisper' A 33-year-old Malaysian firefighter who had earned the name the “snake whisperer” died Friday, a few days after he was bitten by his pet cobra.]
Soalmonth n February;
[<OE solmónaþ]
soleness n silence;
[OE sālnes [not found in Bosworth-Toller]]
songlike adj musical, rhythmic; rimelike
[song + -like]
sonsdaughter n paternal granddaughter;
[son + daughter; inspired by OE sunsunu and dohtorsunu]
sonson n paternal grandson;
[<OE sunsunu]
soom n agreement, concord;
[ME sōme]
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
[NE < ME soot/soote < OE sōt]
soot-dew n a black fulginous grime coating plants and buildings.; coom, smut
[soot + dew]
sooth n true; fact, legitimacy, reality
[OED (Archaic): Proto-Germanic ᛉᚨᚾᚦᚨᛇ (sanþaz), OE ſoþlic/sōþlīċ & ſoþlice/sōþlīċe (sōþ +‎ -līċ) , ME ſooþ or sooþ. Cognates with Old Saxon sōð, Old Norse sannr (ᛌᛆᚿᛧ/ᛋᛅᚾᛦ) and saðr (ᛌᛆᚦᛧ/ᛋᛅᚦᛦ, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃]
soothfather n God, King of Truth and Justice; All-mighty, Heavenly Father, Drighten
[sooth + father]
soothly adv truly, verily, actually, really; in sooth, in truth
[NE < ME sōthlī]
sop in the pan ' french toast.;
[O.E]
so-so-ish adj indifferent, passable, of indifferent quality or performance; mediocrity
[OE: "So-so": fair & "ish" - inclined.]
Soul: One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul yet no one comes to sit by it. phr an expression of a lovelorn and lonely Vincent Van Gogh.;
[O.E]
soulbane n ruin, destruction, killing of the soul, spiritual ruin.;
[OE sawol, "soul" & bane, "murder, destruction, ruin"]
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
[soul + ME shot]
soul thief n lucifer, old sooty, and all the false prophets who seek to rob others of their soul and spirit; Satan, shuck
[OE sawol, "soul" & thief, "a robber"]
soul whisperer n one who cares for the soul and the eternal life of others.; clergy (collectively); proselytiser.
[OE sawol, "soul" & whisperer, "a carer"]
speechlike adj verbal, oral; wordy, spoken, unwritten, word-of-mouth, mouthy
[speech + -like]
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]
spinse vb to live as a spinster (temporarily), of married woman or one soon to be married;
[backformation of 'spinster']
sprout-month n the second month of the year (so called because the cabbages begin to sprout); February
[OE, from Sprote-Kalemonath]
stalworth adj steady, strong, serviceable;
[OED; <OE stælwirþe]
stead n A place, usually an area of land something or someone resides; Place, location, dwelling
[OE, from stede (OED)]
stepmeal adv by degrees, gradually;
[<OE stæpmælum]
sunny-brained adj optimistic; rainy-brained (antonym)
[neologism, from sunny + brain]
sunny-day flooding n when high tides bring the sea or seawater into the streets of a city.;
[OE: sunny, day & flood]
swart n black, the color of pitch and night, the hue of something incredibly dirty or unclean; dark
[<OE sweart <PG *swartaz, cognate with NF suart/suurt, SF swot/swoot, and NL zwart. Replaced by black in the Middle English Period.]
swarm theft adj where large groups of young people enter an electronics store, rip products from display units and flee.;
[swarm + theft]
swime n an unconscious state, a faint;
[<ME swīme]
swint vb make a swim, ; canonize;
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swistie n swastika; filfoot (<OE fylfot), hokenrood (<G hakenrute), gammadion
[sw- + ist + -ie]
swordnithler n foe armed with a sword;
[<OE sweordġenīðla]
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