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English

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scythe (1) (larger) andsickle (smaller)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsythe,sithe, fromOld Englishsīþe,sīgþe,sigdi(“sickle”), fromProto-West Germanic*sigiþi, fromProto-Germanic*sigiþiz,*sigiþō, derived from*seg-(“saw”), fromProto-Indo-European*sek-(“to cut”).[1]

ImmediateGermanic cognates includeMiddle Low Germansēgede,Dutchzicht,Icelandicsigð (all “sickle”). More distantly related withDutchzeis,GermanSense (both “scythe”). Also akin to Englishsaw, which see.

The silentc crept in during the early 15th century owing to folk-etymological association withMedieval Latinscissor(“tailor, carver”), fromLatinscindō(“to cut, rend, split”).

The verb, which was first used in the intransitive sense, is from the noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scythe (pluralscythes)

  1. An instrument formowinggrass,grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long,curvingblade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called asnath.[before 10th century]
  2. (historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancientwarchariots.
  3. (cartomancy) The tenthLenormand card.

Derived terms

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Translations

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farm tool
blade in the wheel of a war chariot

Further reading

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Verb

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scythe (third-person singular simple presentscythes,present participlescything,simple past and past participlescythed)

  1. (intransitive) To use ascythe.[from 1570s]
  2. (transitive) Tocut with ascythe.[from 1570s]
  3. (transitive) Tocut off as with ascythe; tomow.[from 1590s]
  4. (intransitive, figurative, often withthrough) Toattack orinjure as ifcutting.
    • 2011, Catherine Sampson,The Pool of Unease:
      The boy began to keen, and the high-pitched noisescythed through Song's head.
    • 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 20:09 from the start, inThe Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎[1], archived fromthe original on3 November 2022:
      The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splintersscythe through anyone out on deck.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to cut with a scythe

References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “scythe”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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SeeScythe(“Scythian”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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scythe (pluralscythes)

  1. Scythian

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