Etymology

sidth

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Today it means: Depth or length, especially used of things hanging low, draping, or trailing Full definition →

Middle English *sidth
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  1. Middle English · inherited from*sidth
  2. English todaysidth

From Middle English *sidth, equivalent to side (“long, ample, trailing, vast, distant”, adjective) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at side.

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