seid
See also: Seid, SEID, séid, and sèid
German
Alternative forms
- seit, seyd, seyt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German sīt. See sein for more. Spelt with d after sind (see there) and to distinguish from seit (“since”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaɪ̯t/
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Verb
seid
- second-person plural present of sein
- 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- Wer seid ihr, die ihr mir unfreundlich den Schlaf von den Augen schüttelt?
- Who are ye that thus rudely banish slumber from my eyes?
- Wer seid ihr, die ihr mir unfreundlich den Schlaf von den Augen schüttelt?
- 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- plural imperative of sein
- 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, only be quiet.
- 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.
- 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
Middle English
Verb
seid
- Alternative form of seide
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum i”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786, leaf 38, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034, lines 36–38, page 76:
- Sire ſeid 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 /
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
seid m (definite singular seiden, indefinite plural seidar, definite plural seidane)
- (pre-1901) alternative form of sei
Noun
seid m (definite singular seiden, indefinite plural seidar, definite plural seidane)
- A type of magic, especially in Norse conditions.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) said
- (Sursilvan) seit
- (Sutsilvan) set
Etymology
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).
Noun
seid f
- (Surmiran) thirst
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
seid f (genitive singular seide, plural seidean or seideachan)
- tympany, swelling of the body from flatulence
- swelling in a person from luxurious living and deep potations
- Nach ann a tha 'n t-seid! ― How the fellow is puffed up!
- full meal
- bellyful, surfeit
- Fhuair e a sheid. ― He got his fill.
- bed spread on the floor, palette, shakedown
- 'na luidhe air seid ― sleeping on a pallet
- seid luachrach ― a bed of rushes
- truss of hay, grass or straw
- sop as gach seid ― a wisp from every truss
- bench or form to sit on made of grass or heath
- voluptuousness
- load
Usage notes
Some authorities give séid for the meanings bed, truss and bench.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “seid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN