different between stith vs sith

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English stethi, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.

Noun

stith (plural stiths)

1. (obsolete) An anvil; a stithy.
   • 1584, Robert Greene, the Card of Fancy

     strike on the stith while the iron was hot

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Old English st?þ (“hard, cruel”), from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz. Compare also Old Frisian st?th.

Adjective

stith (comparative more stith, superlative most stith)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) strong; stiff; rigid

Anagrams

• Hitts, histt.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic root related to *stadiz and akin to Old Norse steði (“anvil”). Akin to Old English st?þ (“hard, cruel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sti??/

Adjective

st?th

1. strong

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
• “stithy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• sithe

Etymology 1

From Middle English sith (“journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion”), from Old English s?þ (“journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinþ, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to go, head”). Cognate with Faroese sinn (“time”), Gothic ???????????????????? (sinþs, “path, movement”), Icelandic sinn (“time”). See also send.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

sith (plural siths)

1. (obsolete) A journey, way.
2. (obsolete) One's journey of life, experience, one's lot, also by extension life, lifetime.

3. (obsolete) An instant in time, a point in time or an occasion.

Usage notes

Sith fell out of common usage in the 16th century. 14th and 15th century mentions are plentiful and the presence of this word in such works as The Towneley Plays (which were performed up until the latter half of the 16th century) indicates that the word was still probably in use throughout the first half of the 16th century, mostly in various idioms and set expressions. The phrase “by siths” used to mean “at times, sometimes”.

Synonyms

• (journey): See Thesaurus:journey
• (point in time): time

References

• The Middle English Dictionary
• The Dictionary of Early English

Etymology 2

Clipping of sithen; compare German seit (“since”).

Alternative forms

• syth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/
• Rhymes: -??

Conjunction

sith

2. (obsolete) since [8th to 16th century]
   • Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

Synonyms

• as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because

Related terms

• sithence, sithens, siththen

References

• Shipley, Joseph T. (1955) Dictionary of Early English, Rowman & Littlefield, ?ISBN, page 602

Anagrams

• HITs, Hist, Tish, hist, hist-, hist., hits, iths, shit, this, tish

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sinþ (“journey, occasion”), from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey, occasion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to go”). Cognates include Old English s?þ (“occasion”), Old Saxon s?th and Old High German sind (“travel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si??/

Noun

s?th m

1. companion

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN