Sidhen.

Brit.

/ʃiː/, U.S.

/ʃi/, Irish English

/ʃiː/

Forms: 1800s sidhs (plural), 1700s– sidhe.

Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish sídhe, síodh.

Etymology: < Irish sídhe, genitive of síodh fairy mound (now sí ; Early Irish síd , síth , of uncertain origin: see note), in e.g. aos sídhe (now aos sí ; Early Irish áes síde ), daoine sídhe (now daoine sí ), both lit. ‘people of the fairy mound’, and bean sídhe, lit. ‘woman of the fairy mound’ (see banshee n.). Compare Scottish Gaelic sìth fairy mound and daoine sìthe, ban-sìthe, etc.The etymology of Early Irish síd , síth (Irish síodh , now sí ) is uncertain. It is perhaps < the same Celtic base as síd , síth peace (Irish síoth , now síth ), with which it has been associated from an early date (compare folk of peace at folk n. 3c); if so, this base is probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as sit v., perhaps (respectively) with reference to the function of the mounds as settlements, and to the association of sitting with calmness (compare post-classical Latin sēdāre to make calm: see sedate adj.); compare discussion by T. Ó Cathasaigh 1977–8, in Éigse 17.2, 137–55. The English use of the Irish word for ‘fairy mound’ to denote its inhabitants apparently goes back to a misinterpretation of post-classical Latin viri Sidhe people of the fairy mound (apparently after Irish aos sídhe or daoine sídhe ; in R. O'Flaherty Ogygia (1685) iii. 201, the work summarized in quot. 1724 and translated in quot. 1793), as ‘people called Sidhe’; O'Flaherty uses Sidhe on its own (uninflected in a Latin context) only to denote a fairy mound.

Irish Mythology.

With plural agreement. The fairy folk, fairies, often identified as the remnant of the ancient Tuatha Dé Danann. Cf. sheogue n.Quot. 1724 occurs in a brief summary of the work translated in quot. 1793.Common in the writings of W. B. Yeats.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > collectively

fairya1375

good neighboura1585

faerie1612

good peoplea1692

small people1696

little people1719

Sidhe1724

gentrya1731

little mena1731

small folk1785

little folk1791

gentlefolk1795

the wee folk1819

good folk1820

Pharisee1823

gentle-people1832

fairyhood1844

folk of peace1875

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > (conditions resembling) fairyland

fairyc1330

faerie1590

faerie land1590

fairyland1600

Sidhe1724

fairyism1763

fairydom1826

fay-land1870

1724 W. Nicolson Irish Hist. Libr. i. 19 Cromdinbh, Sidhe or Fairies, &c. their Corrachs or Leathern-Boats, antient Arms and way of fighting.

1793 J. Hely tr. R. O'Flaherty Ogygia II. iii. xxii. 55 When the princesses saw these venerable gentlemen..they looked upon them to be the people of the Sidhe. The Irish call these Sidhe [L. viros Sidhe], aërial spirits or phantoms; because they are seen to come out of pleasant hills, where the common people imagine they reside: which fictitious habitations are called by us Sidhe or Siodha.

1829 J. Lanigan Eccl. Hist. Ireland I. v. 227 The Irish believed in the existence of a sort of genii or fairies called Sidhe.

1880 S. Ferguson Poems 95 These wicked sprites,..men of the Sidhs..Who played their pipes before us, led us on Into..the night.

1899 W. B. Yeats Let. 21 June (1954) 321 I myself try to avoid the word ‘fairy’... Sidhe or ‘gentry’ or ‘the others’ is better.

1906 S. Gwynn Fair Hills Irel. ii. 34 The heroes of the mysterious Tuatha de Danann who after their defeat by the Milesians withdrew from daylight into the recesses of the earth—and who are still there, fairy folk, the people of the Sídhe.

1919 W. B. Yeats Only Jealousy of Emer in Two Plays for Dancers 25 What one among the Sidhe has dared to lie Upon Cuchulain's bed and take his image?

1941 L. MacNeice Poetry of Yeats iv. 79 Yeats's world of the Sidhe and curlews.

1977 N. Arrowsmith Field Guide to Little People 20 The Sidhe live a very domestic life if undisturbed, caring for their animals, drinking whisky, borrowing milk and meal.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Feb. 17/4 She..thrilled and terrified her children by the fireside..with ghost stories and legends of heroes and the sidhe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sidhe
释义	Sidhen. Brit. /ʃiː/, U.S. /ʃi/, Irish English /ʃiː/ Forms: 1800s sidhs (plural), 1700s– sidhe. Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish sídhe, síodh. Etymology: < Irish sídhe, genitive of síodh fairy mound (now sí ; Early Irish síd , síth , of uncertain origin: see note), in e.g. aos sídhe (now aos sí ; Early Irish áes síde ), daoine sídhe (now daoine sí ), both lit. ‘people of the fairy mound’, and bean sídhe, lit. ‘woman of the fairy mound’ (see banshee n.). Compare Scottish Gaelic sìth fairy mound and daoine sìthe, ban-sìthe, etc.The etymology of Early Irish síd , síth (Irish síodh , now sí ) is uncertain. It is perhaps < the same Celtic base as síd , síth peace (Irish síoth , now síth ), with which it has been associated from an early date (compare folk of peace at folk n. 3c); if so, this base is probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as sit v., perhaps (respectively) with reference to the function of the mounds as settlements, and to the association of sitting with calmness (compare post-classical Latin sēdāre to make calm: see sedate adj.); compare discussion by T. Ó Cathasaigh 1977–8, in Éigse 17.2, 137–55. The English use of the Irish word for ‘fairy mound’ to denote its inhabitants apparently goes back to a misinterpretation of post-classical Latin viri Sidhe people of the fairy mound (apparently after Irish aos sídhe or daoine sídhe ; in R. O'Flaherty Ogygia (1685) iii. 201, the work summarized in quot. 1724 and translated in quot. 1793), as ‘people called Sidhe’; O'Flaherty uses Sidhe on its own (uninflected in a Latin context) only to denote a fairy mound. Irish Mythology. With plural agreement. The fairy folk, fairies, often identified as the remnant of the ancient Tuatha Dé Danann. Cf. sheogue n.Quot. 1724 occurs in a brief summary of the work translated in quot. 1793.Common in the writings of W. B. Yeats. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > collectively fairya1375 good neighboura1585 faerie1612 good peoplea1692 small people1696 little people1719 Sidhe1724 gentrya1731 little mena1731 small folk1785 little folk1791 gentlefolk1795 the wee folk1819 good folk1820 Pharisee1823 gentle-people1832 fairyhood1844 folk of peace1875 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > (conditions resembling) fairyland fairyc1330 faerie1590 faerie land1590 fairyland1600 Sidhe1724 fairyism1763 fairydom1826 fay-land1870 1724 W. Nicolson Irish Hist. Libr. i. 19 Cromdinbh, Sidhe or Fairies, &c. their Corrachs or Leathern-Boats, antient Arms and way of fighting. 1793 J. Hely tr. R. O'Flaherty Ogygia II. iii. xxii. 55 When the princesses saw these venerable gentlemen..they looked upon them to be the people of the Sidhe. The Irish call these Sidhe [L. viros Sidhe], aërial spirits or phantoms; because they are seen to come out of pleasant hills, where the common people imagine they reside: which fictitious habitations are called by us Sidhe or Siodha. 1829 J. Lanigan Eccl. Hist. Ireland I. v. 227 The Irish believed in the existence of a sort of genii or fairies called Sidhe. 1880 S. Ferguson Poems 95 These wicked sprites,..men of the Sidhs..Who played their pipes before us, led us on Into..the night. 1899 W. B. Yeats Let. 21 June (1954) 321 I myself try to avoid the word ‘fairy’... Sidhe or ‘gentry’ or ‘the others’ is better. 1906 S. Gwynn Fair Hills Irel. ii. 34 The heroes of the mysterious Tuatha de Danann who after their defeat by the Milesians withdrew from daylight into the recesses of the earth—and who are still there, fairy folk, the people of the Sídhe. 1919 W. B. Yeats Only Jealousy of Emer in Two Plays for Dancers 25 What one among the Sidhe has dared to lie Upon Cuchulain's bed and take his image? 1941 L. MacNeice Poetry of Yeats iv. 79 Yeats's world of the Sidhe and curlews. 1977 N. Arrowsmith Field Guide to Little People 20 The Sidhe live a very domestic life if undisturbed, caring for their animals, drinking whisky, borrowing milk and meal. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Feb. 17/4 She..thrilled and terrified her children by the fireside..with ghost stories and legends of heroes and the sidhe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1724
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