different between sithen vs sithe

English

Alternative forms

• sethen

Etymology

From Middle English sithen, sythyn, from Old English siþþan (“afterwards, since”), from s?þ (“since”) + þ?m (“that”). Compare German seitdem, Old Norse síðan.

Conjunction

sithen

1. (obsolete) From or since the time that.
2. (obsolete) Since then, after that.

Synonyms

• (from or since the time that): sithence; see also Thesaurus:since
• (after that): followed by

Related terms

• since

Anagrams

• Theins, Thiens, Thisne, shiten, snithe, tenish, thi sen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sin

Etymology

From Old English siþþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sið?n/, /?si??n/, /si?n/, /sin/

Conjunction

sithen

1. From or since the time that.
2. since then, after that.

Descendants

• English: sithen; syne
• Scots: syne (via shortened northern form sin)

English

Etymology 1

The spelling with /sc-/ was influenced by unrelated Latin word scissor (“cutter”), and scindere (“to split”).

Noun

sithe (plural sithes)

1. Obsolete form of scythe.
   • 1669, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Samuel Simmons, Book X:

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

Verb

sithe (third-person singular simple present sithes, present participle sithing, simple past and past participle sithed)

1. Obsolete form of scythe.

Etymology 2

Noun

sithe (plural sithes)

1. Alternative spelling of sith

Verb

sithe (third-person singular simple present sithes, present participle sithing, simple past and past participle sithed)

1. (obsolete) To journey, travel, wayfare.

Etymology 3

Regional pronunciation of sigh.

Verb

sithe (third-person singular simple present sithes, present participle sithing, simple past and past participle sithed)

1. (dialect, dated) To sigh.
   • c1475, The Macro Plays, Mankind?

     I may both sithe and sob; this is a piteous remembrance

Noun

sithe (plural sithes)

1. (obsolete) A sigh.

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References

• “s??then, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

Clipping of sithen.

Conjunction

sithe

1. Alternative spelling of sith (“since”)

Anagrams

• Heist, Heits, Hites, Sethi, Thiès, heist, ithes, seith, shite