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sokkalegg, sokkaleggs, succaleg, suckaleg, suckaleg, suckalegs, suckieleg, suckileg, sukkaegg, sukkaleg, sukkalegs,
suckaleg [I.Sh. ˈsʌkaˈlɛg]
usually pl. suckalegs
n. Stocking-legs, stockings without feet used as gaiters.
bunsucken, hamesucken, sucken,
sucken [ˈsʌkən]
n. A mill's monopoply on grinding corn in a certain district, that territory, such trade.
adj. Tied, bound, restricted or limited in some way. In debt.
v. To bind or astrict tenant farmers to have their corn ground at the estate or some other specified mill.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bunsucken [ˈbʌnˈsʌkn, ˈbʌnˈʃakn]: Under an obligation, beholden.
hamesucken [ˈhemsʌkən]: leg. A premeditated assault upon a person in his own house or dwelling place. Greatly attached to one's home. Selfish, of a selfish disposition.
suddent, suddentie, suddentie, suddentlie, suddentlie, suddently, suddently, suddenty, suddint,
suddent [sʌdɪnt]
adj. Sudden
adv. Suddenly.
 
suddentie [ˈsʌdɪnte]
n. Suddenness, a sudden manner, a sudden act or incident. Sudden and unexpected mishap, harm or mischief. leg. An unpremeditated act.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wi a suddentie: All of a sudden, extremely quickly and unexpectedly.
suddelt, suddle, suddled,
suddle [sʌdl]
n. A stain, spot, dirty mark, smudge. A worn or tarnished article of dress or footwear.
v. To soil, dirty or tarnish clothes.
pt. pp. suddelt
sue [su]
v. To institute legal proceedings. To pursue or follow.
suffer [ˈsʌfər]
v. To undergo, endure.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sufferin: Endurance of pain or adversity.
suffice [səˈfəis]
v. To to be enough, adequate, or sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a requirement.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
suffeecient [səˈfiʃənt]: Of things: substantial, solid, satisfactory. Good enough. Of adequate strength or quality.
insuffeecient: Insufficient.
suffeeciency [səˈfiʃənsi]: Sufficiency.
suffocate [ˈsʌfəket]
v. To die or kill by asphyxiation.
pt. suffocatit pp. suffocate
sug, sugg, suggie, suggle, suggy,
sug [sʌg]
n. A fat, easy-going person.
v. To move in a slow, lumbering, waddling fashion, like a fat person.
 
suggy
adj. Fat and easy going.
soogan, suckaun, sugan, suggan, sughan,
suggan [ˈsʌgən]
n. A straw rope or horse-collar. A straw mat for a donkey's back.

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