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ANALOGIES DES LANGUES 



En parlant de la direction du vent, Shakes- 

 peare dit quelque part: wliere sils the wind? 

 on dirait en flam. ivaer zit de wind? franc, de 

 quel côté le vent souffle-t-il? 

 Sithen, v. angl., flam. sichten, sedert, allem. 

 seitdem, zeither, angl. since, franc, depuis. 

 . . . never sithen llie Qrst raan was borne. 



(CuAUCER.) 



Sithen lhal hir firste knowledge began. 



(«0 

 Sithen into the forest lie gede naked and wode 

 Als a wild beast 



Peter Langtoft's Chrtmicle.) 



Voy. selken. 

 Skaith, écoss., flam. schade, allem. sehade, angl. 

 dammage, franc, tort, dommage. 



I red you weel , tak care o' skailh. 



(Bubhs.) 

 Better to marry than miscarry, 

 For shame and skaith's (lie clink o'I. 



[Scott. Songs.) 



An' auld Mess John will cure the skaith. 

 [Id.) 



Skaithless , éeoss., flam. schadeloos , zonder 

 schade, allem. schadlos, angl. without dam- 

 mage, franc, intact, non endommagé. 



O! cou'd I see tbae days again 



My lover skaithless 



{Scott. Songs.) 



Skellum, écoss., angl. o reckless fellow. Comp. 

 flam. schelm, allem. schelm, franc, un fripon, 

 un fourbe. 



She tauld tb.ee weel, tbou wast a skellum. 

 (Burns.) 



By worthless skellums 



Skiffs, écoss., flam. schuift, angl. shoves, franc, 

 glisse, du verbe ûam. schuiven, angl. toshove, 

 franc, glisser. Comp. allem. schieben. 



Yon cauld sleety cloud skiffs alang ihe bleak mountain. 

 [Scott. Songs.) 



Skills, it skills not, v. angl., flam. het schill 

 niet, verschilt niet, du verbe flam. verschil- 

 len, franc, différer, angl. il in indiffèrent, it is 



almost llie same, franc, c'est tout égal, c'est 

 indifférent, peu importe. 



/( skills not greally who. 



(Shakesp., King Henry VI, p. - 

 act. tu, se. 1.} 



We sball eilher beg togelher, or bang logether 

 /( skills not, so we be logether. 



(John Lilly, Galathea, act. i- 



But as Madam's epistles are no gospels, 

 It skills not much when they are delivered 



(Shakesp., Twelfth Night , *c\ i 

 se. 1.) 



I am lo get a nian, wliatever be be 



/( skills not much 



(Id., Tamingoj the Shreu . act. m, 



se. 2.) 



Skinke (to), v. angl., flam. schinken, allem. 

 einschenken, ang!. lo serre uilh drink, franc. 

 verser à boire. 



Baccbus the win hem skinketh ail abouir , 

 And Venus laughelh upon every wight. 



(Chalcer , Canterb. Talcs, 9B! 



Skrivenehe. Voy. scrivener. 

 Skyrmyng, v. angl., flam. schermend, angl. skir- 

 mishing, franc, s'escrimant. 



There was maidenes carolyng , 

 There was champions skyrmyng. 



(Adam Davie.) 



Slaen (to), sleen, slen, v. angl., v. flam. Kil., 

 slaen, jam doodslaen (>), lat. occidere, interfi- 

 eere, angl. to kill , to slay, franc, tuer. 



. . . than woll 1 yeve you levé , 

 To slaen me with you swerd. . . 

 (Ghacceb.) 



He did do sien hem aile three. 

 («0 



And sende you grâce 



To défend, and knightly to sleen your foe. 



[Id.) 



Voy. 1 er gloss., slaen. 

 Slake (to), v. angl., flam. slaken, hulule n . 

 franc, lâcher. 



(•) Comp. angl. manslaughter , flam. mantlag, franc, homi- 

 cide; angl. toslaughler, flam. tlagten, allem. schlachten, franc, 

 tuer; angl. slaughter , slaughter mon, flam. slagter , allem. 

 Khlâchter, franc, bouclier; angl. slaughter- house , flam. tlagl 

 hais, allem. schluchthaus , franc;, abattoir. 



