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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Snybbyn], v. to rebuke, Prompt., C; snube, H; snybid, pt. pl., H; snyband, pr. p., H; snibbed, pp., C2.

[ Snybbynge], sb. rebuke, Prompt.; snybynge, H; snibbing, S2; snybyngis, pl., H.

[ Snytyn], v. to clear the nose, Prompt.; snytte, pt. s., S2; y-snyt, pp., S2.

[ Sobre], adj. sober, sedate, C2; sobur, Prompt.—OF. sobre; Lat. sobrium.

[ Sobreliche], adj. and adv. sedate, soberly, CM; soburly, CM; soberly, C.

[ Soburnesse], sb. soberness, Prompt.

[ Soche], adj. such, S; see [Swyche].

[ Socht], pt. pl. sought, went, S3; see [Sechen].

[ Socour], sb. succour, C2, C3; socowre, Prompt.—AF. sucur, soccour, OF. socors; Late Lat. succursus (Ducange).

[ Sodeyn], adj. sudden, C2, C3; sodeynly, adv. suddenly, S3, C2; sodeynliche, S2.—AF. sodeyne; Late Lat. subitanum, see BH, § 122.