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sei1 (s.xii1/3)

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sei1 (s.xii1/3)

sai,  saif,  say;  sef;  seid,  seif,  seit,  seiz,  sey,  seyf;  sif;  soi,  soif,  soy,  soyff;  suef  (ceiff  (A) 68.25.16 seyif  25.26.3 soeyf  428.5 soit  444.69 );
pl. seis  
  FEW:  sitis 11,661b Gdf: GdfC:  seit 10,656c TL: soi 2 9,753 DEAF:  soif  DMF:  soif 1  TLF:  soif  OED: MED: DMLBS:  sitis 3103c

s.

1 thirst, need for liquid or drink
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  (a stone:) ki en sa buche l’avrad, Ja nule sei ne li prendra  207.90
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Sainz hoem [...] ad plusurs travailz De faim, de seif, de freiz, de calz [...]  1174
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1300 )  Hom ki ad ydropisie Sa sef ne peot oster mie  684
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  pren [...] vin pur saif estauncher  961
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Et por ce il ensechist l'estomac, si engendre soif  291.S111.20
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  la neirtit de la lang[e] vent de grant sif  ii 260
2 geog. parched, arid land
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Posad flums en desert, e eissemenz d'ewes en seid  109.106.33
aver sei
to be thirsty, need drink
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  si hom est ydropicus – Iço est un mal que hom ad, Cum il plus beit et plus sei ad  217.410
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  quant ele ad sai grant, Une eve vait querant  769
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  Kant avoie feim [...] E kant avoie seif  1898
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  F[emme] ad seif et feyme (M.E. W[oman] hath thriste and honger)  169
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Aportez a nous un foitz a boire du vin claret, quar si Dieu m'eide, j'en ay grant soyff et auxi grant faym ovesques  12.11
atendre en sun (etc.) sei
to quench one’s thirst
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Beverunt tutes les bestes del camp; atendrunt li asne salvage en lur sei  104.103.12
morir de sei al molin
molin

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See also:

seeler1  seelus 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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