Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Same, adj. 1. 77; B 4333, 4408.

Samit, s. samite, a rich and glossy silk material, T. i. 109; Samýt, robe made of samite, R. 836, 873. 'Le samit était plus riche que l'étoffe de soie appelée sendal. On le tirait de la Syrie et de l'Asie Mineure'; Godefroy.

Samples s. pl. examples, A. i. 40. 4.

Sang, s. song (Northern), A. 4170.

Sangwin, s. stuff of a blood-red colour, A 439.

Sangwyn, adj. very ruddy, A 2168; sanguine (of complexion), i.e. blood-red, A 333.

Sans, prep. without, B 501. F. sans. See Sauns.

Saphires, s. pl. sapphires, B 3658; Saphyres, R. 1117.

Sapience, wisdom, T. 1. 515; B 2184, D 1197, E 1481, G 101, 111; Wisdom, B 1662; Sapiences, pl. kinds of intelligence (see note), G. 338.

Sarge, s. serge, A 2568.