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S S2 P hi
she, S, S2, P; hi , S; hye , S; hie , MD; he , S, S2, P; hue , S2; ha , S; ho , S2, S3; ȝeo , S; ȝho , S; ȝhe , S2; ȝe , S (s.v. ge ); heo , acc.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

silver spurs passed his
The old count had money enough that year, as all his estates had been remortgaged, and so Nicholas, acquiring a trotter of his own, very stylish riding breeches of the latest cut, such as no one else yet had in Moscow, and boots of the latest fashion, with extremely pointed toes and small silver spurs, passed his time very gaily.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

she shall prescribe her
But I will not suffer, that she shall prescribe her insolent will to my wife, and in your own house too.—I will, by my tenderness to you, mortify her pride; and it cannot be done so well as to her face.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

such specifique poyson hath
For, God no such specifique poyson hath As kills we know not how; his fiercest wrath Hath no antipathy, but may be good 30
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

siya sa panimbang He
Nawad-an siya sa panimbang, He lost his balance.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

so she put her
I did so: she put her arm over me, and I nestled close to her.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

shun Such power his
Trembling with doubt and wild with dread Lord Indra from the cottage fled; But fleeing in the grove he met The home-returning anchoret, Whose wrath the Gods and fiends would shun, Such power his fervent rites had won.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

S2 snybyngis pl H
Snybbynge , sb. rebuke, Prompt.; snybynge , H; snibbing , S2; snybyngis , pl. , H. Snytyn , v. to clear the nose, Prompt.; snytte , pt. s. , S2; y-snyt , pp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

saw Sir Persides he
And when Sir Palomedes saw Sir Persides, he sent a squire to him and proffered him to joust.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

short sighted policy had
Every exertion now was used by the associated conspirators against the power of Robespierre, to collect and combine against him the whole forces of the convention, to alarm the deputies of the plain with fears for themselves, and to awaken the rage of the mountaineers, against whose throat the dictator now waved the sword, which their short sighted policy had placed in his hands.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Señor she plunged her
And then, Señor, she plunged her beautiful face down into the very heart of the glowing coals!
— from Legends of the City of Mexico by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

shirt sleeves paring his
He was in his shirt sleeves, paring his nails.
— from The Squire's Daughter: Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall

S2 S3 Prompt halie
Halen , v. to hale, drag, S, S2, S3, Prompt.; halie , PP.—OS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew


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