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---- _v. n._ == have compa.s.sion on. RG. 449
Rue, _v. n._ == grieve for, repent of; 'that was to rewe sore.' RG. 493.
AS. reowan
---- _sb._ == pity. 1051 B; [reowe]. O. and N. 1443
Rueful, _adj._ == sad. RG. 327
Ruely, _adj._ == sad. Body and Soul, 171
---- _adv._ == ruefully. RG. 126, 263
Rueness, _sb._ == compa.s.sion. HD. 2227
Ruer, _sb._ == a compa.s.sionate person. Ps. lx.x.xv. 15
Rugge, _sb._ == back. RG. 525, 460. AS. hrycg
Rule, _sb._ == regulation. St Dunstan, 46
Ruls, _adj._ == overripe, said of corn. Pol. S. 152. See Halliwell, _s.
v._ Rule. ON. rusill, qui effundit--rusla, prodigere
Run, _v. n._ pret. 'ronne.' Wright's L. P. p. 68; part. 'rennyng' (of water). RG. 80. See Urne
Runci, _sb._ == a nag. HD. 2569. Fr. roncin
Rundel, _sb._ == circle. Fragm. Sci. 62
Rune, _sb._ == conversation. O. and N. 1154. AS. run
Rure, _sb._ == full. O. and N. 1152. AS. hrre
Russin, _sb._ == meal between dinner and supper. c.o.k. 20. ON. russ, temulentia
Rustle, _v. n._ [rotle]. Alys. 930. ON. rosta, a tumult
Ruwet, _sb._ == bugle-horn. Alys. 3699. Fr. ruet, rouette. Lat. rota. See Wright's Vocab. p. 104, where 'litui' is translated by 'ruez.' The name is derived from the circular flexures of the instrument
Rye, _sb._ [ru?e]. Pol. S. 152. AS. rige
Ryme, _v. a._ == cry out, tell; Ritson's AS. viii. 99, 137. AS. hryman
S.
Sabeline, _sb._ == sable. M. Ode, st. 182
Sack, _sb._ HD. 2019. AS. sacc
Sacre, _v. a._ == consecrate. RG. 445, 522
Sacred, _adj._ Alys. 6777
Sacrificing, _sb._ Alys. 272
Sacring, _sb._ == consecration. RG. 446
Sad, _adj._ == sorrowful. Wright's L. P. p. 29
---- == heavy. Alys. 5587. AS. saed
Saddle, _sb._ RG. 401
Safe, _adj._ Pol. S. 198; [saufe]. Creed of St Athan. 102
Safely, _adv._ RG. 239
Sage, _adj._ == wise. RG. 198. Fr. sage. Ital. saggio. Lat. sapiens
Sage, _sb._ == a plant, the 'Salvia pratensis' of botanists. Wright's L.
P. p. 26. Fr. sauge
Saht, _adj._ == reconciled. Wright's L. P. pp. 46, 47. AS. saht
Sail, _sb._ RG. 47
Saine, _v. a._ == bless. Ps. lxii. 5. AS. senian. Germ. segnen
Saint, as an appellative, 'Seint Thomas.' 1878 B. 'Seyn Poule.' RG. 378
---- _sb._ [sonte]. Wright's L. P. p. 96; [seynte]. Alys. 6763
Sake, _sb._ == contention. O. and N. 1158. AS. sacu
Sake, _sb._ == matter, thing. Wright's L. P. p. 23. Dut. zaak
---- == cause; 'for thine sake.' Wright's L. P. p. 28
Saken, _v. a._ == fight against, kill. Alys. 1884. AS. sacan
Sale, _sb._ == hall. Wright's L. P. p. 26. AS. sal
Salmon, _sb._ Alys. 5446