skomfishes, III, 433, C 4, 7: stifles (discomfits).
skorne, III, 113, 77: disgrace, humiliation. See scorn.
sky-setting, I, 351, 31: sunset.
skylle. See skill.
skyred, IV, 413, 12, 14: startled, blenched, shrank back.
slack, II, 116, 20; 117, 14; 313, 23; III, 181, 29; 281, 12; 363, note †; IV, 7, 27; 184, 2, 3; 467, 11; V, [250], 25; [262], 19. 1.) a gap or narrow pass between two hills. 2.) low ground, a morass. It is often not possible to determine which is intended. In III, 281, 12, the meaning is morass. Plain ground will suit III, 181, 29. Such terms vary according to locality and time. Cf. slap.
slacke (woe), V, [83], 44: lessen, mitigate.
slade, III, 92, 12: “a valley, ravine, plain.” Halliwell. Cf. slack, slap.
slae, I, 450, 2: sloe.
slap, II, 120, 14; III, 185, 24, 25; V, [228], 26: a narrow pass between two hills (==slack). In III, 185, 24, 25, there is a contrast with glen, the word replacing the slack of III, 181, 29; perhaps, plain ground. IV, 300, 12: a breach in a dyke or wall.