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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Souse], v. to strike, dash, RD, SkD; souce, Spenser 1. See below.

[ Souse], sb. the downward plunge of a bird of prey, RD. (Originally the same as Sours, used of a hawk’s flight.—W. W. S.)

[ Soutere], sb. cobbler, S3; souter, PP; sowter, Cath., ND.—AS. sútere (Voc.); Lat. sutor.

[ Souteresse], sb. a woman shoe-seller, P.

[ Souenaunce], sb. remembrance, S3.—OF. sovenance, also souvenance (Cotg.), from sovenir; Lat. subuenire.

[ Souerentè], sb. sovereignty, Prompt.; souerayntee, C2.—AF. soverainte.

[ Souereyn], adj. and sb. supreme, sovereign, C, C2, C3; souereynes, pl., superiors, P, W; sufrayns, H; souereyneste, superl., W2; soueraignly, adv., C.—AF. soverein; Late Lat. *superanum.

[ Sowdan], sb. sultan, S2, C3.—OF. soudan, souldan; Arab. sultân.

[ Sowdanesse], sb. sultaness, S2, C3.

[ Sowde], v. to strengthen; sowdid, pp. (= Lat. consolidatae), W.—OF. souder (Cotg.): It. soldare; Lat. solidare, see SkD (s.v. solder).