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Old English · adjective

siþ

Normalised sīþ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/siːθ/
Syllables
siːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
sithinstancenumberslatemultiplicationratioaftercomparison

siþ1 · adjective

Senses

  1. late

Declension

Strong declension of siþ
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sīþsīþsīþ
Accusative sīþnesīþesīþ
Genitive sīþessīþresīþes
Dative sīþumsīþresīþum
Instrumental sīþesīþresīþe
Plural
Nominative sīþesīþasīþesīþ
Accusative sīþesīþasīþesīþ
Genitive sīþrasīþrasīþra
Dative sīþumsīþumsīþum
Instrumental sīþumsīþumsīþum
Weak declension of siþ
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sīþasīþesīþe
Accusative sīþansīþansīþe
Genitive sīþansīþansīþan
Dative sīþansīþansīþan
Instrumental sīþansīþansīþan
Plural
Nominative sīþansīþansīþan
Accusative sīþansīþansīþan
Genitive sīþrasīþenasīþrasīþenasīþrasīþena
Dative sīþumsīþumsīþum
Instrumental sīþumsīþumsīþum

siþ2 · adverb

Senses

  1. late

  2. later, afterwards

    Þæt bið foretācna mǣst þāra þe ǣr oþþe sīð ǣfre ġewurde monnum ōþȳwed; þǣr ġemengde bēoð onhǣlo ġelāc engla ond dēofla, beorhtra ond blācra.

    That is the most of those foretokens that will ever be before or later showed to the men; there the whole crowd of angles and devils, bright and shining, would be mingled.

    10th century, Christ III:

siþ3 · conjunction

Senses

  1. after

siþ4 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. time (instance or occurrence)

    Þȳs sīðe iċ seċġe him þæt iċ hine lufiġe.

    This time I'm telling him I love him.

  2. time (as in the first time, many times)

    Earge sweltaþ manigum sīðum ǣr heora dēaðum.

    Cowards die many times before their deaths.

  3. times (indicating the multiplication of two numbers or a ratio of comparison)

    Six sīðum fēowertīene bēoþ fēower and hundeahtatiġ.

    Six times fourteen is eighty-four.

  4. journey

    […]nis þæt ēower sīþ / ne ġemet mannes / nefne mīn anes.[…]

    […] That is not your journey / nor in the power of men / save for me, alone. […]

    Beowulf, lines 2532-2534

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of siþ
SingularPlural
Nominative sīþsīþas
Accusative sīþsīþas
Genitive sīþessīþa
Dative sīþesīþum

siþ5 · preposition

Senses

  1. after

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīþuz. Cognate with Old High German sīd and Old Norse síðr.

From Proto-West Germanic *sinþ, Proto-Germanic *sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Old Frisian sīth, Old Saxon sīð, Old High German sind, Old Norse sinn, Gothic (sinþs).

Descendants

sith

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