Middle English Dictionary Entry
sitthe adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sitthe adv. Also siththe, sith(e, siȝth, sithȝ, sit, siȝt, setthe, seththe, seth(e, suththe, suth(e, (K) zeththe, (WM) seothe & (chiefly early) soþþe, (early, chiefly SWM) seoð(ðe, seoðða, seodðe & (errors) sygh, syyc, seche; for other spellings see LALME 4.69-70. |
| Etymology | From OE siððan adv., siðða, (WS) syððan, (Merc.) seoððan, seoðan, (Nhb.) soðða, LOE (12th cent.) siþþe; cp. OE sīþ adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Afterward, after that, then; subsequently, since then; (b) ~ after (hider-ward, til this time), from that time until now; al-weies (ever) ~, ever afterward, ever since; longe ~, long afterward, long since; neuer ~, never since; (c) ago; ~ a (gret) while, a (great) while ago; ~ gon ful longe (yore, mani a dai), longe ~, mani (a) dai ~, long ago; (d) next in sequence, next in place or position; -- usu. with adv. or ordinal: erest (first)..~, first..then, first..next, first..second; nexte..~, next..then; first on and ~ another, first one and then another.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Body & S.(1) (Bod 343)6 : Nu me sceæl þe meten and þa molde seoðða.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)49 : Melius est uiam ueritatis non agnoscere quam post agnitam retroire: Betre hit is þet mon ne iknawe noht þe wei to godalmihtin þe he hine icnawe and seodðe hine for-hoȝie.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1621 : Þa i-lomp hit seoððe [Otho: siþþe]..þat þe Scottene king & þe duk speken to-gaðere.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12632 : Þe seoluen he wule binden, and seoðð [Otho: suþþe] he wule þe an-hon.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)324 : Ich singe an eue ariȝte time & soþþe won hit is bedtime.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1402 : Þe gost mis deþ þurch niþe an onde & seoþþe [Jes-O: seþþe] mid murhþe of monnes honde.
- a1300 Hwile wes seynte (Jes-O 29)11 : Soþþe wes seynte peter pope ine Rome, Þer is þat heued, and auhte to beon, of þe cristendome.
- ?a1300 Fiftene toknen (Dgb 86)17 : Þe stere sulen from heuene falle..folk sal suge suþ þe ilome, þis is tokning of dayes dome.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Wright)p.5 : Hi leten hem diȝte a gret schip..And siththe i-piched al above..Hi..siththe in oure Loverdes name to schipe wende.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)126 : He wende þudere and sore swonk..And sethþe he eode and bad is mete.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)575 : A wondir þinge ye mou now here þat he mai doun falle in a trowe þe most temple..And sithȝ [vr. setthe] with inne þe þredde dai Reren a newe wel he mai.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)637 : Ȝo..let clupie þe water after hire, auerne, & suþþe þoru diuerse tonge me clupeþ it seuerne.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)654 : Siþþe [vr. Seþ] he let hem binde fast & into prisoun hem he cast.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)59/1660 : And ȝyf an oþer treuþeþ seþe Wyþ word of þat hys nouþe, Þe ferste dede halte beþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)48/30 : Þe dyeuel þet hette asmodeus astranglede þe zeue houseboundes of þe holy mayde sare þet zeþþe [Vices & V.(2): afterward] was yonge thobyes wyf.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2047 : I busked of hire bour; sche barred hit sone, & seþþe saw i hire nouȝt.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3867 : Iulius the conquerour..wan al thoccident..And sith [vrr. sitthe, sithe], of Rome the emperour was he.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.271 : Aboute þis ȝere..þe chirches of Engelond were i-taxed to þe verray value and seþþe [vr. suthe; L extunc] voyded þe taxacioun of Norþwiche.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)183 : And sethe þat ilke same þeef For Blaunchefloure he it ȝeef.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9269 : Seþþe, whan þe messe was done, Þe preste asked þe dekene..why þat he so ferde.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5871 : Kyng Alisaunder..Loued sir Perdicas..And made hym his heire seþe.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.134 : Who can teche þe betere, Loke þou suffre hym to seyn & siþþe [vr. seche] lere it aftir.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)4.15 : Þe frek..Seide hym as þe king sente, & siþþe [vrr. seothe; sythyn, aftir] tok his leue.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.142 : It semeth nouȝt þat ȝe shulle Haue heuene in ȝowre here-beyng and heuene her-after, Riȝt as a seruaunt taketh his salarye bifore & sitth [vr. after] wolde clayme more.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.227 : I haue seyne charite..in ragged wedes..And in a freres frokke he was yfounde ones, Ac it is ferre agoo..In þat secte sitthe to selde hath he be knowen.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)494 : Tyberius is deed; There haþ ybe siþþe two in his stedde.
- (c1437) Paston2.515 : The seide Paston suth hadde youre seide suppliaunt in prisone in the Kynges Benche.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)354 : She fel a-swowe; and sith she gan to rise.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)136/368 : Take mannes pisse and hold it in a vessell..till it be rotid, and sethen seth it to haluendele and syyc [read: syyt] cole it thorowe a cloth.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)149/11 : Merget Mounteney..lete to hugh Coke..þe tenement þat William Straddell late helde of them & sytth Gylbert Chauntrell helde.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)215/14 : I haue seen..som..that..fled the..presence of thaire lord..as a seeke man iuged to dethe and abandouned withoute remedye, the whiche sith [CQ(2): aftirwarde; F depuis] hath taken hert and good hope.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)226 : Þey caste on hym a scherte of selk..And syȝt an hawberk bryȝt.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)560 : Alas þat y was made a kynge And sygh [?read: sygth] wedded þe fayrest þyng That on erþe myght gö
- a1500 Ld.Cook.Recipes (LdMisc 553)112 : Set it from ye fuyr & let hit kele; suththe set hit aȝen to ye fuyr.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12732 : Heo þer for-leoseden lif and heore saulen and æuer seoððe laðen in auer-ælche londe.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2124 : He makede lawes gode þat lange seoþþe stode.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)509 : & seþþe forsoþe til þis time, non vn-tetche he ne wrouȝt.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.17 : Siþþe hiderward [Higd.(2): from whiche tyme; L A quo tempore] it is doo þat þe place of Cristes passioun is wiþ ynne þe north walles of the citee of Ierusalem.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.832 : For alway siththe more and more The world empeireth every day.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.447 : I ran aboute in ȝouthe and ȝaf me nouȝte to lerne And euere sith be beggere for my foule sleuthe.
- (a1419) Let.Whitchurch in MLR 2274 : But Leecroft..persewyd after writtys of entre..makyng no mencioun..in his persut aȝeynes þe seyde Jon Hullemore what þat ever þey haue addyd or ympyd in sethe hyderward.
- c1450(1438) GLeg.St.Nich.(GiL2)(Eg 876)51/4 : He was begoten in the furst floure of thaire age, and sithe after thei liued in chastite & hadden [vr. ladden] an holy liff.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)643 : And euer sith wist noo man Ne herde telle where he bicam.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1824 : No woman mor myschaunce Ne hadde neuer syȝth.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.299 : By which lawes Bryton hath bene conserued, Sith hitherwarde.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1647 : Þow me fodest wiþ þi faire wordes, elles had i deide for duel many dai seþþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1991 : I haue sent hire to seche seþþe a gret while.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2584 : Oure liues hadde be lore many a day seþþe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1842 : Fell bot siththe awhile..That my Stepmoder for an hate..Forschop me.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.5098 : Thus the deth contagiousli conspired Of Artaxerses sithe go ful yore.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)18/9 : Y haue saie sum not long sethe that y wolde were my prisoner.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)52/13 : Yet woll y tell you an other ensaumple upon this matere, that befell in the parties of Peytow not thre yeere sethe.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)2391 : Ther was a swerd..fforgyd syth go ful longe.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)14830 : I was Conceyved whan that Sathanas By hys cursyd moder lay Sythe go fful many a day.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4062 : Ærst heo pleoweden, and seoððe pliht makeden.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)47 : Alle men he tauhte to holde treowe luue, Erest to god almyhti..Seþþe to luuye his euenyng, al so hym seolue wolde.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)420-22 : Saturnus is al a-boue, and Iupiter sethþe next, þanne Mars bi-neoþen him, and sethþe þe sonne is, Venus sethþe, þe clere steorre; Mercurius þanne.
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)50.34/3 : Nim flour of corne and of ayren & make past..& soþþe rolle on a bord ase þunne ase parchemin.
- a1325 Prov.Hend.(Cmb Gg 1.1)st.17 : First sour brewit, sit sour drinkit.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)46-8 : Engelond haþ ibe inome..Verst þoruȝ grete louerdes, þe emperours of rome..Suþþe þorȝ picars & scottes þat to engelond come..Suþþe þorȝ engliss and saxons þat hider were ibroȝt.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)1272 : First men cleped it albion & seþþe for brut breteynie anon.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3913 : To thise grete conquerours two Fortune was first freend and sitthe [vrr. siþen, after, then] foo.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.191 : Þis wente first in to Egipt, and siþþe [L deinde] in to Babilonia.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)687 : For smale toures..beþ abouten..Seþþe beoþ þre bayles wiþalle.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)149 : Here neist sal be siþen teld..Of saul þe king and of daui..And syðe of salamon þe wise.
- c1400(1375) Canticum Creat.(Trin-O 57)34 : He..dude furst Eue & suþþe þe man Taken an appel & byten þeran.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2774 : Eneas..Folwede after..And Paris þanne, and nexte hym Dephebus And sith Troylus.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)157/18 : Þis is..wey to oure Lorde, as him-self seiþ: 'Late hym bere his cros,' first in þe peynfulnes of hym-self & siþ, 'folow me.'
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)334 : Toured with torettes was þe tente þanne, Suþ britaged a-boute, briȝt to byholde.
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)63 : Saturnus is þe hiȝeste planete, siþ Jubiter, and siþ Mars.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)30/25 : Of commyxtioun dyuers, firste [read: firste wt] Danys & sethe wt Normannys, they haue corrupte her..natif toungis.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.353 : Ȝif þe patr on varie in his presentacion, presentynge first on & sith anoþere, it stant in þe dom & þe wil of þe buschop to receyuyn whiche he wil.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.7.6a : Tho causes that be light & cler schul first be determyned, and sithe othir matieres that nede gretter taryeng.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Cmb.Dd.6.29 Artist.Recipes (Cmb Dd.6.29) 70/3 : Furste þu schal make a plum tras, and seiþe drawe hit with roset.
- ?a1425 Cmb.Dd.6.29 Artist.Recipes (Cmb Dd.6.29) 70/18 : Ley oon beed furst and let hit driȝe, and seeþe anoþer and let hit driȝ.
- ?a1425 Cmb.Dd.6.29 Artist.Recipes (Cmb Dd.6.29) 71/28 : Orpement schal be firste gronde in a brasen mortar and seeþ on a molur.
Note: Additional quots., sense (d). New spellings (seiþe & seeþ(e ).