sethyng
Middle English
Alternative forms
- seþinge, sethinge, seoþinge, seþyng, sethynge, seeþinge, seeþyng, seþynge
Etymology
From sethen + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːðinɡ/
Noun
sethyng (plural seþinges)
- Boiling or heating; the process of warming, especially in liquid:
- Boiling for the purpose of heating or warming food.
- (rare) The reduction or reducing of a substance.
- A reduced liquid; an essence or extract of something.
- (rare) Breaking up; digesting.
- (rare) Comestibles heated by boiling.
- (rare) The temperature which water boils at.
Descendants
- English: seething
- Scots: seethin
References
- “sẹ̄thing(e (ger.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.