A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Secrely], adv. secretly, C2.

[ Secrenesse], sb. secrecy, C3.

[ Secte], sb. a suite, following, sect, religion, suit, apparel, PP, C2.—OF. secte (Cotg.); Late Lat. secta, a set of people, a following, a suit of clothes, a suit in law; Lat. secta, a faction, from sec- base of sequi, to follow.

[ Sectour], sb. executor of a will, PP, S3, Cath.; secatour, HD; secture, HD; seketowre, Prompt.; secutour, PP.—AF. executour; Lat. executorem, executor of a will.

[ Sed], sb. seed, PP, S, S2; seed, PP; seod, PP; seð, S. Comb.: seed-leep, seed-basket, PP.—AS. sǽd: Goth. sēps; cp. OHG. sát (Tatian); see Brugmann, § 75.

[ Sede], pt. s. said; see [Seggen].

[ See], sb. see, seat, S3, C2, PP; se, S3, PP.—OF. se, sed; Lat. sedem.

[ See], sb. sea, Prompt., S, C2; se, S, S2; sey, S3; sæ, S; sa, S; sees, pl., S2. Comb.: se-bare, sea-wave, surge, S2; se-calues, sea-calves, seals, S2; se-halues, sea-coasts, S2.—AS. sǽ: Goth. saiws.

[ Seek], adj. sick, C; see [Sek].

[ Seel], sb. seal, C3, P, Prompt.; sehel, PP.—OF. sëel; Lat. sigillum.