Definition of sithe. Meaning of sithe. Synonyms of sithe

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word sithe. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word sithe and, of course, sithe synonyms and on the right images related to the word sithe.

Definition of sithe

sithe
Scythe Scythe (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[=i][eth]e, sig[eth]e; akin to Icel. sig[eth]r a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.] [Written also sithe and sythe.] 1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use. The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. --Dryden. The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton. 2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Sithe
Sithe Sithe, v. i. [Cf. Sigh.] To sigh. Note: [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]
Sithe
Sithe Sithe, n. A scythe. [Obs.] --Milton.
Sithe
Sithe Sithe, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
Sithe
Sith Sith, Sithe Sithe, n. [AS. ??? a path, way, time, occasion.] Time. [Obs.] --Chaucer. And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes. --Spenser.

Meaning of sithe from wikipedia

- from Old English siðe. In Middle English and later, it was usually spelt sithe or sythe. However, in the 15th century some writers began to use the sc-...
- A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in...
- the Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland. His debut radio play Knock of The Ban-Sithe was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2022 and made BBC Sounds drama of...
- became doubt (to link it to Latin dubitare), sissors became scissors and sithe became scythe (as they were wrongly thought to come from Latin scindere)...
- turbines The Goreway Power Station was developed by Sithe Global Power, a subsidiary of Blackstone Inc. Sithe entered into a twenty-year production agreement...
- (tumuli) ****ociated with the aos sí. In modern Irish, the word is sí (plural síthe); in Scottish Gaelic it is sìth (plural sìthean); in Old Irish it is síd...
- Station to Sithe Energies who started a large capital investment in the construction of Mystic 8 and 9 which was completed in 2003. Sithe was acquired...
- and Celtic tales, and many characteristics of the huldu-fólk, the daoine-sithe, and the tylwyth-teg." Tolkien, a philologist, knew of the many seemingly...
- proves the victim was murdered by Scotland Yard's chief coroner, Courtney Sithe[broken anchor], who was being blackmailed over fabricating evidence concerning...
- that her-aboven is./ Anentës me/ Fulforthëd be/ Thy, sawë;/ That Ich, sithe His wil is,/ Maiden, withouten lawë,/ Of moder have the blis. The term "devotions"...