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▪ I. † syth, n. Sc. Obs. Also 6 syith, 8 site, syte. [Aphetic form of assyth n.] Satisfaction, compensation. to get one's heart's syth of: see quot. 1710.
1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 104 Ȝour bludie boist na syith can satisfie. 1661in Cramond Records of Elgin (1908) II. 295 The said John wes suire that he wold get his heart syth of everie one that wronged him. 1710Ruddiman Gloss. Douglas' æneis s.v. Site, syte, I have gotten my heart's syte on him, i.e. my heart's desire on him, or all the evil I wish'd him. ▪ II. † syth, v. Sc. Obs. Also 5 syþ, 6 syith, sith, cythe. [Aphetic form of assyth v.] a. trans. To satisfy, give satisfaction to.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. xii. 3970 (Wemyss MS.) [Scho] gaif þame siluer or payment, Or claiþ to syþ thare entent. 1513Douglas æneis ix. vii. 116 He mycht do stanche his ire, and syth his thocht. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 120 The king was nocht full sithit with his justice. c1550Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 774 That pane may be in put to Forfaltouris: The Partie sythit, as Law will lat it be. absol.1583Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 599 He forgevis thame..of quhat degre sa evir thay be of. Quhilk as his majestie heir promittis, sa sall he mak it to cythe in gud effect heirefter. b. ? intr. for pass. To be satisfied.
1650in W. Ross Aberdour & Inchcolme (1885) 326 [He had called her] a trumpous [cross-tempered] witch, [and her heart] sythed [glowed with satisfaction, when she saw him coming home in his hurt condition]. ▪ III. syth see scythe, see v., sight, sith, sithe. |