An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 754

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 754


Gael. _seirc_, affection; _seircin_, a darling.


_To_ SIRPLE, _v. a._ To sip often, S.


Sw. _sorpl-a_, Germ. _schurfl-en_, id.


SISE, SYSS, _s._


1. a.s.size, O. Fr.


_Barbour._


2. Doom, judgment.


_Montgomerie._


SYSE, _s._ Six at dice.


V. ~Syiss~.


_To_ SIST, _v. a._ To stop.


_To sist procedure_, to delay judicial proceeding, S.


Lat. _sist-ere_, id.


_Pardovan._


~Sist~, _s._ A suspension of diligence, a forensic term, S.


_Act Sed._


_To_ SIST, _v. a._


1. To cite, to summon, S.


_Wodrow._


2. To take a place, as at the bar of a court; generally used in regard to ones engagement in divine worship, S.


_To_ SIT, _v. n._


1. To stop in growth, S.


2. To shrink, S.


3. Applied to the sinking of a wall, S.


~Sit~, _s._ The state of sinking, as applied to a wall, S.


_To_ SIT _an offer_, not to accept of it, S.


_Guthrie._


_To_ SIT _to_, _v. n._ Applied to food dressed in a vessel, when, from not being stirred, it is allowed to burn, S.


_To_ SIT, SITT, _v. a._ To grieve.


_Wallace._


~Site~, ~Syte~, _s._


1. Grief, S.


_Gawan and Gol._


Isl. _syt-a_, to mourn; _sut_, sorrow, _syting_, id.


2. Suffering, punishment.


_Douglas._


~Sitful~, ~Sitefull~, _adj._ Sorrowful.


_Palice Hon._


~Sitfully~, _adv._ Sorrowfully.


_Wallace._


SITFASTS, _s. pl._ Restharrow, S.


SYTH, times.


V. ~Syith~.


_To_ SITHE, SYITH, _v. a._







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