Sithe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /saɪð/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sithe is a noun meaning (dialect, dated) To sigh.
Meaning
(dialect, dated) To sigh.
More Meanings
- Archaic spelling of scythe.
- Alternative spelling of sith.
- Alternative spelling of sith (“since”).
- (obsolete) To journey, travel, wayfare.
- (obsolete) A sigh.
Example Sentences
[…]and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared.
c1475, The Macro Plays, Mankindː I may both sithe and sob; this is a piteous remembrance
Wherefore (O kyng) I speake as one for all, / Sithe all as one do beare you egall faith:
Jupiter with his eagle, Juno with her peacock, Time with his sithe, had much outgrown their original proportions;.
Word Forms
- sithes
- sithing
- sithed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sojourney, sythe, saist, seethe, sade, skathe.
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