FromMiddle High Germansīt, fromOld High Germansīd, fromProto-Germanic*sīþuz. Akin toOld Saxonsīd,Old Englishsīþ.
seid
- since
- Mia håm nix mehr vo erna gheat,seid's as letzte Moi då woan. ―We haven't heard from themsince the last time they were here.
seid (+ dative)
- since
- I binseid da letztn Wochn krånk. ―I’ve been illsince the last weekend.
- for (some past period of time)
- I binseid oaner Wochn krånk. ―I’ve been illfor a week now.
From Middle High Germansīt. Seesein for more. Spelt withd aftersind (see there) and to distinguish fromseit(“since”).
seid
- second-personpluralpresent ofsein
1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,Egmont:Werseid ihr, die ihr mir unfreundlich den Schlaf von den Augen schüttelt?- Whoare ye that thus rudely banish slumber from my eyes?
- pluralimperative ofsein
1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,Egmont:Armselige Mäuse, die gleich verzweifeln, wenn der Hausherr eine neue Katze anschafft! Nur ein bißchen anders; aber wir treiben unser Wesen vor wie nach,seid nur ruhig.- Poor mice! The master of the house procures a new cat, and ye are straight in despair! The difference is very trifling; we shall get on as we did before, onlybe quiet.
seid
- Alternative form ofseide
1470–1485 (date produced),Thomas Malory, “Capitulum i”, in[Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] byWilliam Caxton], published31 July 1485,→OCLC, leaf 38, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor,Le Morte Darthur […], London:David Nutt, […],1889,→OCLC,page76, lines36–38:Sireſeid the damoyſell ye nede not to pulle half ſo hard / for he that ſhall pulle it out ſhal do it with lytel myghte / ye ſay wel ſaid Arthur /- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
seid m (definite singularseiden,indefinite pluralseidar,definite pluralseidane)
- (pre-1901)alternative form ofsei
seid m (definite singularseiden,indefinite pluralseidar,definite pluralseidane)
- A type of magic, especially in Norse conditions.
FromLatinsitis, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰgʷʰítis(“perishing, decrease”).
seid f
- (Surmiran)thirst
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seid f (genitive singularseide,pluralseideanorseideachan)
- tympany,swelling of the body fromflatulence
- swelling in a person from luxurious living and deeppotations
- Nach ann a tha 'n t-seid! ―How the fellow is puffed up!
- full meal
- bellyful,surfeit
- Fhuair e asheid. ―He got hisfill.
- bed spread on the floor,palette,shakedown
- 'na luidhe airseid ―sleeping on apallet
- seid luachrach ―abed of rushes
- truss of hay, grass or straw
- sop as gachseid ―a wisp from everytruss
- bench orform to sit on made of grass orheath
- voluptuousness
- load
Some authorities giveséid for the meanings bed, truss and bench.
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “seid”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN
