An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Gael. _seirc_, affection; _seircin_, a darling.
_To_ SIRPLE, _v. a._ To sip often, S.
Sw. _sorpl-a_, Germ. _schurfl-en_, id.
SISE, SYSS, _s._
1. a.s.size, O. Fr.
_Barbour._
2. Doom, judgment.
_Montgomerie._
SYSE, _s._ Six at dice.
V. ~Syiss~.
_To_ SIST, _v. a._ To stop.
_To sist procedure_, to delay judicial proceeding, S.
Lat. _sist-ere_, id.
_Pardovan._
~Sist~, _s._ A suspension of diligence, a forensic term, S.
_Act Sed._
_To_ SIST, _v. a._
1. To cite, to summon, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To take a place, as at the bar of a court; generally used in regard to one's engagement in divine wors.h.i.+p, S.
_To_ SIT, _v. n._
1. To stop in growth, S.
2. To shrink, S.
3. Applied to the sinking of a wall, S.
~Sit~, _s._ The state of sinking, as applied to a wall, S.
_To_ SIT _an offer_, not to accept of it, S.
_Guthrie._
_To_ SIT _to_, _v. n._ Applied to food dressed in a vessel, when, from not being stirred, it is allowed to burn, S.
_To_ SIT, SITT, _v. a._ To grieve.
_Wallace._
~Site~, ~Syte~, _s._
1. Grief, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _syt-a_, to mourn; _sut_, sorrow, _syting_, id.
2. Suffering, punishment.
_Douglas._
~Sitful~, ~Sitefull~, _adj._ Sorrowful.
_Palice Hon._
~Sitfully~, _adv._ Sorrowfully.
_Wallace._
SITFASTS, _s. pl._ Restharrow, S.
SYTH, times.
V. ~Syith~.
_To_ SITHE, SYITH, _v. a._
