sithe

plural sithes

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of scythe.

   […]and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared.

   1669, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Samuel Simmons, Book X

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   Jupiter with his eagle, Juno with her peacock, Time with his sithe, had much outgrown their original proportions;...

   1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 7

   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."

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 179

present singular third person sithes · participle present sithing · participle past sithed · past sithed

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of scythe.

plural sithes

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of sith.

present singular third person sithes · participle present sithing · participle past sithed · past sithed

1. obsoleteTo journey, travel, wayfare.

present singular third person sithes · participle present sithing · participle past sithed · past sithed

1. dateddialectalTo sigh.

   c1475, The Macro Plays, Mankindː I may both sithe and sob; this is a piteous remembrance

plural sithes

1. obsoleteA sigh.

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of sith (“since”).

   Wherefore (O kyng) I speake as one for all, / Sithe all as one do beare you egall faith:

   1561, Thomas Norton, Thomas Sackville, Gorboduc; or, Ferrex and Porrex, Smith, Lucy Toulmin, editor, Heilbronn, published 1883, act 1, scene 2, page 13