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▪ I. † seath Obs.
Also 7 seth (9 seeth).
[OE. séað masc. = OFris. sâth (NFris. soath, suađ, suas, EFris. sôth, sôd, WFris. saed), LG. sood draw-well, MHG. sôt:—OTeut. *sauþo-z.]
A pit, hole, well, or pool.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xii. 1 Winᵹeard gesette monn & ymb-salde haᵹa & dalf seað [L. lacum]. c1205Lay. 841 Heo nomen þæt þær & wel hit biburiede inne deope seaðen. 1656Smith & Webb Vale-Royal i. 66 A Seth or pit of that Brine. 1877E. Leigh Cheshire Gloss., Seath or Seeth, an old word, found in some legal documents, for a brine-pit.
▪ II. seath
var. saithe; obs. f. seethe v. |