Staff S of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
[ᚹ] = widened meaning
| Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
| sackful | sacfull | adj | contentious, quarrelsome |
| salvy | salfige | n | sage (plant) |
| samborn | sāmboren | adj | born out of due time, half-born, aborted |
| samedsithe | samodsīþian | vb | to accompany, to travel together |
| samedsweyend | samodswēgende | n | consonant |
| sammening | gesamnung | n | convention, congregation; synagogue, church |
| samwaxen | sāmweaxen | adj | half-grown |
| samwhole | sāmhāl | adj | not in perfect health, in poor health, weak |
| samwise | sāmwīs | adj | dull, foolish |
| samwist | samwist | n | cohabitation |
| samyoung | sāmgeong | adj | adolescent |
| sarch | serc | n | shirt, smock, tunic |
| sare | searu/searo | n | artifice, machination, machine, device, engine |
| sarecraft | searucræft | n | stratagem, machination, engineering [ᚹ] |
| sarely | searulīc | adj | ingenious, artful, mechanical [ᚹ] |
| sarethankle | searuþancol | adj | cunning, shrewd, sagacious, wise |
| sarewrench | searuwrenc | n | crafty trick; treacherous device |
| Sarmondish | Sarmondisc | adj(p) | Sarmatian |
| sarrow | searwian | vb | to act with artifice, to engineer [ᚹ] |
| satch | sæc | n | strife, contest, conflict |
| seaborough | sǣburh | n | maritime town, seaside settlement |
| seadeer | sǣdēor | n | sea creature |
| seafareld | sǣfæreld | n | sea-passage, voyage by sea |
| seafarth | sǣfaroþ | n | the seashore (poetic) |
| seaganger | sǣgenga | n | mariner; sea-vessel, ship |
| seahinx | sǣhengest | n | hippopotamus |
| sealy | sǣlīc | adj | marine, thalassic, oceanic |
| seat | sǣt | n | ambush |
| seath | sēaþ | n | pit, hole; well, reservoir |
| seave | sefa/seofa/siofa | n | understanding, heart, mind (poetic) |
| seawight | sǣwiht | n | sea creature |
| see | sēo | n | pupil (of the eye) |
| seen | sēonian | vb | to be ill, to languish (?) |
| seethe | sēþan | vb | to declare true, affirm, prove, attest, testify |
| seldseen | seldsēne/seldsīene | adj | rarely seen, extraordinary |
| selfeater | selfǣta | n | cannibal |
| selfquale | selfcwalu | n | suicide |
| selkim | seldcyme | n | a rare or infrequent visit |
| sem | seomian | vb | to remain suspended; to remain supported |
| senth | seonoþ | n | synod |
| senthly | seonoþlīc | adj | synodal |
| serth | seorðan | vb | to violate |
| sess | ses/sæs/sesse | n | seat, bench |
| settlegang | setlgang | n | settling |
| settlegangend | setlgangende | adj | setting (of heavenly bodies) |
| shapewhile | gesceaphwīl | n | a destined time |
| shathe | sceaðe | n | injury |
| shathend | sceððend | n | adversary |
| shathey | sceaðig | adj | injurious |
| shearsax | scearseax | n | razor |
| Sheddeny | Sċedenīġ | n | Scandinavia, Scandia |
| shedly | scēadlic | adj | reasonable, accurate |
| shedwise | gescēadwīs | adj | reasonable, rational, discerning, prudent |
| shee | scēon | vb | to quickly fly or run off; to die (poetic) |
| shench | scencan | vb | to skink, pour out, give drink |
| shendle | scendele | n | abuse, reproach |
| shendth | scendþ/gescendþ | n | confusion |
| shickle | sciccels | n | cloak, mantle |
| shild | scyld | n | guilt, offence, crime |
| shild | scyldan | vb | to accuse, to charge |
| shinecraft | scīncræft | n | the art of magic; magic trick |
| shinedwole | scīngedwola | n | a delusion produced by magic, phantom |
| shipheer | sciphere | n | naval force, navy |
| shiplord | sciphlāford | n | captain of a ship, shipmaster |
| shittle | scitol | adj | purgative |
| shivel | scyfel | n | woman's headscarf, veil worn by women |
| Shotland | Sċotland/Sċotta land | n | Scotland |
| shoud | scūdan | vb | to shake, to tremble, to shiver, to shudder |
| shraff | scræf | n | cave, cavern; miserable dwelling: den, hell |
| shree | scrēon | vb | to cry out, to proclaim |
| shrem | scremman | vb | to cause to stumble |
| shrench | screncan | vb | to cause to stumble, ensnare, deceive |
| shride | scrȳdan | vb | to clothe, dress |
| shrutten | scrutnian/scrudnian | vb | to examine carefully, to scrutinize, to consider |
| shy | scȳan | vb | to prompt, urge; to persuade, suggest |
| sib | sibbian | vb | to reconcile, bring together |
| siblair | sibleger | n | incest |
| sibred | sibrēden | n | affinity, relationship |
| sibsome | sibsum | adj | peace-loving, friendly |
| sid | sidu/sido | n | custom, manner, habit, practice; good conduct, moral behaviour, morality, modesty |
| sighter | seohtre/sihtre | n | a pipe through which a small stream is directed, a drain |
| Sile | sigel | n(p) | the Sun, Sol; the name of the ᛋ rune |
| sile | sigle | n | necklace, collar, band for the neck |
| Sileharrower | Sigelhearwa | n(p) | an Ethiopian |
| simble | symblan | vb | to feast |
| simblely | symbellīc | adj | festive, solemn |
| simbletide | symbeltīd | n | religious festival, solemnity, festival period |
| sinboot | synbōt | n | amends for sin, penance |
| sink | sinc | n | treasure |
| sint | gesynto | n | health, soundness, prosperity |
| siring | sȳring | n | buttermilk |
| sitheship | gesīþscipe | n | a fellowship, a society; fellowship, companionship |
| siver | sȳfre | adj | sober, temperate, pure, circumspect |
| siverness | sȳferness | n | sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence |
| slithe | slīþan | vb | to harm, to hurt, to damage, to injure |
| slithe | slīþe | adj | dire, cruel, hurtful, dangerous, perilous |
| smey | smēagan | vb | to consider, meditate, inquire, ponder, examine |
| smile | smygel | n | burrow, hollow, cuniculus, place to creep into |
| smilt | smylte | adj | quiet, tranquil, calm, serene, placid |
| smilt | smyltan/gesmyltan | vb | to appease, to quiet, to assuage |
| smow | smūgan | vb | to creep, to crawl |
| sneem | snēome | adv | swiftly, rapidly, quickly; immediately, at once |
| snew | snēowan | vb | to hasten, go |
| snitter | snytre | adj | prudent, wise, sagacious |
| snittercraft | snytrocræft | n | prudent skill, prudence, wisdom |
| snitterness | snyterness | n | prudence, sagacity |
| snoud | snūd | n | swiftness, quickness |
| snoter | snotor | adj | prudent, wise, sagacious |
| snotership | snotorscipe | n | prudence, sagacity |
| soleness | sālnes | n | silence (?) |
| sonson | sunsunu | n | paternal grandson |
| sool | sōl | n | the sun |
| sooncraft | sōncræft | n | the art of music |
| soothquid | sōþcwide | n | a true saying, fact |
| soothspel | sōþspell | n | a true story; history |
| spearhalf | sperehealf | n | the male line of descent |
| spellboder | spellboda | n | messenger, ambassador; public speaker |
| spild | spildan | vb | to destroy, waste, ruin, mate away with |
| spind | spind | n | fat |
| spindlehalf | spinelhealf | n | the female line of descent |
| spird | spyrd | n | stadium, racetrack, racecourse |
| spow | spōwan | vb | to succeed, to be successful |
| sprank | spranc | n | shoot, twig, sprig |
| staffay | stæfgefēg | n | a combination of letters which forms a syllable or a diphthong |
| stafflither | stæfliðere | n | ballista, engine for casting stones |
| staffrow | stæfrǣw | n | alphabet |
| staffwise | stæfwīs | adj | skilled in letters, literate |
| stathe | stæððan | vb | to make staid, to stay, to support (?) |
| stave | stafian | vb | to direct, to dictate |
| stithe | stīþ | adj | stiff, firm, resolute, rigid; stubborn |
| stitheferth | stīþferhþ | adj | of stern mind; determined |
| stithehidy | stīþhygdig | adj | of stern purpose; determined |
| suchness | swilcness | n | quality |
| swamb | swamm | n | sponge, fungus |
| swanker | swancor | adj | bending easily, pliable, supple; flaccid |
| swark | sweorcan | vb | to grow dark |
| sweal | swǣlan | vb | to burn (trans.) |
| swease | swǣs | adj | one's own, dear, beloved, gracious |
| Sweeland | Swēoland | n(p) | Sweden |
| Sweerich | Swēorīċe | n(p) | Sweden |
| swench | swenc | n | affliction, tribulation, distress |
| swethel | sweoðol | adj | heat, flame |
| swether | sweðorian | vb | to retire, subside, dwindle |
| sweve | swefan | vb | to sleep, slumber |
| swevel | swefel | n | sulphur |
| swey | swég | n | sound |
| sweyleether | swéghléoðor | n | sound, voice |
| swikedom | swicdōm | n | deception |
| swikeful | swicful | adj | deceptive |
| swilt | swylt | n | death, pedition |
| swiltwhile | swylthwīl | n | hour of death |
| swime | swīma | n | dizziness, vertigo |
| swind | swindan | vb | to vanish, disappear |
| swinkful | swincfull | adj | toilsome, laborious |
| swith | swīþ | adj | strong, great; swift, rapid; excessive |
| swithe | swīþan | vb | to strengthen; to exercise strength |
| swithhuyend | swīþhycgende | adj | of strong purpose, determined |
| swithly | swīþlīce | adv | greatly, strongly; very |
| swithmighty | swīþmihtig | adj | exceedingly mighty, excessively strong |
| swithmood | swīþmōd | adj | magnanimous, strong-hearted |
| swithswy | swīþswīge | adj | taciturn, too silent |
| swithrueness | swīþhréownes | n | excessive grief, remorse |
| swithwhat | swīþhwæt | adj | very strong |
| swoom | swāmian | vb | to become dark |
| swy | swīgian | vb | to be or become silent |
| syer | sigor | n | victory, triumph |