Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete See
sith ,sithe .
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Examples
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Steep Tor, the word being derived from the Celtic _syth_.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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¶ She sayd euer syth Vertu of vyce wan {the} pryse.
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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Ava neb syth Leskey Paul, Penzance hag Newlyn_. which means, translated:
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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That work of the wonder-smith, syth gave up the world
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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¶ Whome hast thou seruyd syth the worlde bega {n} ryghwysnesse,
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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But syth the are deed/& theyr bodyes layde in chest
The cõforte of louers The Comfort of Lovers Stephen Hawes
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And syth it is soo: I aske this questyon, whiche ben the meanes and the causes that enduce a man in to a mery spyryte: Truly to my beste dyscrecon it seemeth good dysportes and honest gamys in whom a man Joyeth without any repentaunce after.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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Ac yna i'r fferm i brynu tatws yn syth o'r pridd, ffa a pys ffres.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Ac yna i'r fferm i brynu tatws yn syth o'r pridd, ffa a pys ffres.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Tak Lucys [2] or Tenchis and hak hem smal in gobette and fry hem in oyle de olive and syth nym vineger and the thredde party of sugur and myncyd onyons smal and boyle al togedere and cast thereyn clowys macys and quibibz and serve yt forthe.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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