síc
- noun [ masculineneuter ]
Grammar
A sike.
'Sike a watercourse; applied to a natural as well as to
an artificial stream; the latter usually constructed to receive the contents of field
gutters, for discharge into the river.' Mid-Yorks. Gloss. See also E. D. S. Pub. 13, 15,
and Old Farming Words, III. Sike a quillet or furrow. Jamieson gives sike a rill. Cuddie Headrigg says 'I took up the syke a wee bit.'
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Of ðam mere west . . . ðonne innan ánne síce, ðonne andlangc síces ðæt cymþ tó ðæm horpytte,
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 37, 20-22 .
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Of ðæm beorge on ðæt síc; ondlong síces ofer ðone bróc,
- 38, 28 :
- 35, 7 .
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In wǽtan síce; of ðæm wǽtan síce in ða bakas,
- 382, 7 :
- 386, 11 .
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In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce,
- 386, 16.
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On ðæt eástre síc,
- 438, 28 .
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In ðæt síc,
- 31, 12 .
Etymology
Syke rivus,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 195, col. 2 .
Icel. sík
a ditch, trench
: O. H. Ger. gi-sích stagnum, lacus, palus
(cf. Scott, sike a marshy bottom with a small stream running through it), Grff. vi. 58.
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Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “síc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27598.
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