Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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conj
Alternative spelling of sith (“since”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Obsolete spelling of scythe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Alternative spelling of sith.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A sigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Obsolete spelling of scythe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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verb
To journey, travel, wayfare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To sigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, dialectal
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History
Clipping of sithen.
From the Anglo-Saxon siġþe meaning scythe. The spelling with was influenced by unrelated Latin word scissor (“cutter”), and scindere (“to split”).
Regional pronunciation of sigh.
