† siquaren.

Forms: Also Middle English siquar, sequar; Middle English Scottish sith(t)-, syth(t)ar, -ware, swythare, sychare.

Etymology: Origin and precise form doubtful.

Obsolete.

Period or point of time; moment. Chiefly in in that siquare.Very common in the Cotton MS. of the Cursor Mundi, but usually altered in the other manuscripts. Otherwise recorded only in the Legends Saints Sc. Dial., where the forms should perhaps be written with sich-, as in Horstmann's edition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant

hand-whileOE

prinkOE

start-while?c1225

twinkling1303

rese?c1335

prick1340

momenta1382

pointa1382

minutea1393

instant1398

braida1400

siquarea1400

twink14..

whip?c1450

movement1490

punct1513

pissing whilea1556

trice1579

turning of a hand1579

wink1585

twinklec1592

semiquaver1602

punto1616

punctilio of time1620

punctum1620

breathing1625

instance1631

tantillation1651

rapc1700

crack1725

turning of a straw1755

pig's whisper1780

jiffy1785

less than no time1788

jiff1797

blinka1813

gliffy1820

handclap1822

glimpsea1824

eyewink1836

thought1836

eye-blink1838

semibreve1845

pop1847

two shakes of a lamb's taila1855

pig's whistle1859

time point1867

New York minute1870

tick1879

mo?1896

second1897

styme1897

split-second1912

split minute1931

no-time1942

sec.1956

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12301 Þe barn frendes fra þat siquar Held iesum in wirscip mar þan ar.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5656 He sagh an egypcien ful fare [read sare] Smit a juu in þat si-quare.

c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 631 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 25 He saw cryst in þat sythware pas in hewine.

c1480 (a1400) St. Paul l. 306 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 37 In þat sithar.

c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 382 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 140 Þane al þe sek men, þat come þare, Parfyt heyle gat in þat sychare.

c1480 (a1400) St. George l. 56 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 177 [He] sla but bad quham-euir he fande in þat swythare hym nere-hande.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	siquare
释义	† siquaren. Forms: Also Middle English siquar, sequar; Middle English Scottish sith(t)-, syth(t)ar, -ware, swythare, sychare. Etymology: Origin and precise form doubtful. Obsolete. Period or point of time; moment. Chiefly in in that siquare.Very common in the Cotton MS. of the Cursor Mundi, but usually altered in the other manuscripts. Otherwise recorded only in the Legends Saints Sc. Dial., where the forms should perhaps be written with sich-, as in Horstmann's edition. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12301 Þe barn frendes fra þat siquar Held iesum in wirscip mar þan ar. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5656 He sagh an egypcien ful fare [read sare] Smit a juu in þat si-quare. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 631 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 25 He saw cryst in þat sythware pas in hewine. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul l. 306 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 37 In þat sithar. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 382 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 140 Þane al þe sek men, þat come þare, Parfyt heyle gat in þat sychare. c1480 (a1400) St. George l. 56 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 177 [He] sla but bad quham-euir he fande in þat swythare hym nere-hande. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1400
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