Middle English Dictionary Entry

sī̆ch(e n.
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Entry Info

Forms sī̆ch(e n. Also sick(e, sik(e, sikke, sech(e & (in names) -sic, -sihc, sitche, -shich(e, -shic, -sig, -sigh, -shigge, -sis, -siz, -sith, -shiste, -stiche, -sinch, -sing(e, -si, -sehich, -sege, -segge, sweche, such(e & (?error) sekee.
Etymology OE sīc (pl.gen. *sīca, dat. *sīcum) & ON: cp. OI sīk; for forms in -e- and -g(g)- cp. AL sechetum, sigetum, vars. of sichetum.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) A stream, usu. small; a ditch, trench; ?~ forke, ?a fork for cleaning ditches; (b) a field; ~ side, the side of a field; (c) in surnames; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.121-2].
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