sith

Definition

A journey, way.

Etymology

From Middle English sith (“journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion”), from Old English sīþ (“journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinþ, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to go, head”). Cognate with Faroese sinn (“time”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs, “path, movement”), Icelandic sinn (“time”). See also send.

Example Sentences

• "The holy gost before vs glad / ffull softly on his sithe"
• "Christ's sith of sorrow and suffering."
• "Of them the other philosophers have, by siths, taken their beginning."