Middle English Dictionary Entry
succīden v.
Entry Info
Forms | succīden v. |
Etymology | L succīdere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In phrase: ben succidede, of breathing: to become difficult or short.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.185 : The stature is boede downe in age..the breste is constreynede with mony sighes, the brethe is succidede [Trev.: schorteþ; L succiditur].