sithe

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/saɪð/

Definition of sithe

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of scythe.
    “[…]and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared.”
    “Jupiter with his eagle, Juno with her peacock, Time with his sithe, had much outgrown their original proportions;...”
    “Old Klas used often to shake his head at him and say, "John! John! what are you about? The spade and sithe will be your sceptre and crown, and your bride will wear a garland of rosemary and a gown of striped drill."”
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noun

  1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of scythe.
    “[…]and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared.”
    “Jupiter with his eagle, Juno with her peacock, Time with his sithe, had much outgrown their original proportions;...”
    “Old Klas used often to shake his head at him and say, "John! John! what are you about? The spade and sithe will be your sceptre and crown, and your bride will wear a garland of rosemary and a gown of striped drill."”
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of sith.
  3. (obsolete)A sigh.

verb

  1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of scythe.
  2. (obsolete)To journey, travel, wayfare.
  3. (dated, dialectal)To sigh.
    “c1475, The Macro Plays, Mankindː I may both sithe and sob; this is a piteous remembrance”

conj

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of sith (“since”).
    “Wherefore (O kyng) I speake as one for all, / Sithe all as one do beare you egall faith:”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From the Anglo-Saxon siġþe meaning scythe. The spelling with was influenced by unrelated Latin word scissor (“cutter”), and scindere (“to split”).

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