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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Swymbel], sb. a giddy motion, C.—Cp. Dan. svimmel, giddiness.

[ Swyme], sb. dizziness, vertigo, HD (s.v. swime), SkD (s.v. swim, 2); swym, SkD.—AS. swíma; see SkD (s.v. squeamish).

[ Sy], sb. victory, S; see [Siȝe].

[ Syde], adj. and adv. wide, long, far, Cath.; side, S, PP, S2, Cotg. (s.v. robon); syd, Prompt. (n); syyd, Prompt.; cyyd, Prompt.; sydder, comp., P.—AS. síd, wide, síde, far.

[ Syen], pt. pl. saw; see [Seon].

[ Syke], sb. sigh, C; syk, C2; seych, S3.

[ Syken], v. to sigh, C, C3, PP; siken, S, S2, PP; syghte, pt. s., C3; sicht, S3; sykede, PP; syked, C2; siȝede, S3.—AS. sícan.

[ Syment], sb. cement, MD; cyment, MD.—OF. ciment; Lat. caementum; see BH, § 39.

[ Symented], pp. cemented, S2.

[ Symulacris], sb. pl. images, idols, W; simylacris, W; symelacris, W.—Lat. simulacrum (Vulg.).