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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Sive, s. sieve, G 940. A.S. sife.

Sixe, six, B 1364; Sixe and sevene, six and seven, in dice-play, T. iv. 622.

Sixte, sixth, T. v. 1205; D 45, F 906.

Sixty, A 1890; L. 273 a.

Sk-; see also Sc-.

Skant, adj. scanty, sparing, niggardly, 1. 175.

Skarmish, s. skirmish, T. ii. 611.

Skars, adj. scarce, 9. 36.

Skathe, s. harm, T. iv. 207.

Skile, s. reason, cause, HF. 726; T. ii. 365, iii. 646; B 708, 3000, I 764; gret sk., good reason, E 1152; Skille, reasonable claim, L. 1392; Skiles, s. pl. reasons, arguments, B 5. p 3. 52; HF. 867; B 3060, F 205; Skilles, 5. 537; HF. 750.