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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Sudarie], sb. napkin, W; sudary, HD.—Lat. sudarium (Vulg.).

[ Sudekene], sb. sub-deacon, HD.

[ Sudene], sb. sub-dean, PP; suddene, PP.

[ Suein], sb. servant, S2; see [Sweyn].

[ Suen], v. to follow, attend on, persecute, PP, W, W2, S2, S3; suwen, S2, W, PP; sewen, PP, S2, C; swe, S3, W.—OF. siw-, pr. p. base of sivre: Late Lat. sĕquere (for Lat. sequi); see BH, § 32.

[ Suencten], pt. pl. afflicted, S; see [Swenchen].

[ Suere], sb. follower, W.

[ Suffisance], sb. sufficiency, C2.—AF. suffisance.

[ Suffisant], adj. sufficient, S2, C2, C3.—AF. suffisant.

[ Suffragane], sb. assistant, deputy, properly of a bishop, S3.—Late Lat. suffraganeus.