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Old English · noun

side

Normalised sīde

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈsiː.de/
Syllables
ˈsiː · de (2 syllables)
Modern English
sidewidelysilk

side1 · adverb

Senses

  1. widely

side2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. side

    Wiht cwōm gongan þǣr weras sǣton moniġe on mæðle, mōde snottre; hæfde ān ēage ond ēaran twā, ond II fēt, XII hund hēafda, hryċ ond wombe ond honda twā, earmas ond eaxle, ānne swēoran ond sīdan twā. Saga hwæt iċ hātte.

    A being came walking there many men sat in a gathering, wise in mind; it had an eye and two ears, and two feet, twelve hundred heads, a back and a belly and two hands, arms and a shoulder, one neck and two sides. Say what I am.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 86:

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of side
SingularPlural
Nominative sīdesīdan
Accusative sīdansīdan
Genitive sīdansīdena
Dative sīdansīdum

side3 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. silk

All forms (4)

Etymology

From the adjective sīd.

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old High German sīta.

From Proto-West Germanic *sīdā (whence also Old High German sīda (“silk”)), from Late Latin sēta (“silk”), Classical Latin saeta (“bristle”).

Descendants

side

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