sithe
/saɪð/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of sith.
conj
Alternative spelling of sith (“since”).
Example Sentences
- "[…]and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared."
- "Jupiter with his eagle, Juno with her peacock, Time with his sithe, had much outgrown their original proportions;..."
- "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.""
- "c1475, The Macro Plays, Mankindː I may both sithe and sob; this is a piteous remembrance"
- "Wherefore (O kyng) I speake as one for all, / Sithe all as one do beare you egall faith:"
Etymology
From the Anglo-Saxon siġþe meaning scythe. The spelling with was influenced by unrelated Latin word scissor (“cutter”), and scindere (“to split”).