An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 736 : SELF, SELFF, _adj._ Same.
_Barbour._
A. S. _self_, Su. G. _sialf_, ipse.
SELY, _adj._
SELF, SELFF, _adj._ Same.
_Barbour._
A. S. _self_, Su. G. _sialf_, ipse.
SELY, _adj._ Poor, wretched, S. _silly_.
Su. G. _selig_, id.
_Wallace._
SELY, _adv._ Wonderfully.
_Maitl. P._
A. S. _sellic_, id.
SELKHORN, _s._
V. ~s.h.i.+lfcorn~.
SELLAT, _s._ A head-piece for foot-soldiers.
Fr. _salade_, Hisp. _celada_.
_Doug._
SELLOCK, _s._ A fish.
V. ~Silluk~.
SEMBLANT, SEMBLAND, _s._ Appearance, shew.
Fr. _semblant_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ SEMBLE, _v. n._ To a.s.semble.
_Doug._
~Semblay~, ~Semlay~, ~Semble~, ~Semele~, _s._
1. Meeting, interview.
_Wallace._
2. Act of a.s.sembling.
_Wallace._
3. An a.s.sembly.
_Wyntown._
4. Hostile rencountre.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _saml-a_, Dan. _saml-er_, id.
~Sembland~, _s._ An a.s.sembly.
_Wyntown._
_To_ SEMBYL, _v. n._ To make a wry mouth, in derision or scorn, S. _to shamble_.
_Douglas._
Lat. _simul-are_, to counterfeit.
SEMPLE, _adj._
V. ~Sympill~.
SEN, _conj._ Since, seeing, S.
_Douglas._
SEN, _prep._ Since, S.
_Douglas._
~Sen Syne~, since that time.
_Wallace._
