An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 733

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 733


SEELFU, _adj._ Pleasant.


V. ~Seilfu~.


To SEETHE, _v. n._ To be nearly boiling, S. B.


To SEFOR, _v. a._ To save.


V. ~Safer~.


_Priests Peblis._


_To_ SEG, SEYG, _v. n._


1. To fall down.


2. Metaph. applied to the influence of intoxicating liquor, S. B.


_Morison._


Su. G. Isl. _sig-a_, subsidere, delabi.


SEG, SEGG, _s._ The yellow flower-de-luce, S.


_Lightfoot._


A. S. _secg_, Fland. _segge_, id.


SEGE, _s._


1. A soldier.


_Wallace._


A. S. _secg_, id.


2. Man, in a general sense.


_Douglas._


SEGE, _s._


1. A seat; properly, of dignity; Fr. _siege_.


_Barbour._


2. A see.


_Acts Ja. V._


~Segyt~, _part. pa._ Seated.


_Wyntown._


SEGG, _s. Bull-seg_, an ox that has been gelded at his full age, S.


Isl. _sag-a_, secare; _sigd-a_, gramen secare falculo.


_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To a.s.say.


V. ~Say~.


~Sey~, ~Say~, _s._


1. A trial.


_Wallace._


2. An attempt of any kind, S.


~Sey-piece~, ~Say-piece~, _s._ A piece of work performed by a craftsman, as a proof of skill, S.


_Ferguson._


SEY, _s._ The coal-fish.


V. ~Sye~.


_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To strain any liquid, S.


Isl. _sy-a_, A. S. _se-on_, percolare.


~Sey-dish~, _s._ The searce used for straining, S.


Isl. _sij_, Teut. _sijgh_, a strainer.


SEY, _s._







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