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▪ I. seth
variant of saithe, seath Obs.
▪ II. seth, seþ
obs. forms of sith.
▪ III. † seth(e Obs.
Also 5 seeth(e, seyth, syth.
[Aphetic f. assethe, due to apprehending the phr. make asethe as make a sethe. See also the later (Scottish) syth n. and v.]
Satisfaction, amends, atonement. a. to make a seth(e: see assethe.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 91 Þat þey schulde make a sethe to þe bisshop [orig. ut præsuli satisfacerent]. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas iii. v. (1554) 77 To make a seeth for his transgression. c1450Cov. Myst., Salut. 103 He may nevyr make a seyth be resone. a1513Fabyan Chron. vi. cxciv. (1533) I. 119 That he made a seth and amendes to goddes pleasure.
b. to make (a) full sethe, make amends and sethe.
c1420? Lydg. Assembly of Gods 97 Tyll he haue made full seethe and recompence For hurt of my name. c1460Wisdom 122 in Macro Plays 39 Wysdam, þat was Gode & man ryght, Made a full sethe to þe fadyr of hewyn. 1461J. Paston in P. Lett. II. 36 To make amendes and sethe to the pore peple. |