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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  Mirour Egl (A) 68.25.16 seyif  Bible Holkham 25.26.3 soeyf  Prov inéd 428.5 soit  Psalter Comment 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

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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  Lapid 207.90
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Sainz hoem [...] ad plusurs travailz De faim, de seif, de freiz, de calz [...]  S Brend mup 1174
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1300 )  Hom ki ad ydropisie Sa sef ne peot oster mie  Rom Phil 684
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  pren [...] vin pur saif estauncher  CATO ANON ANTS 961
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Et por ce il ensechist l'estomac, si engendre soif  Waterford busby 291.S111.20
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  la neirtit de la lang[e] vent de grant sif  A-N Med ii 260
2 geog. parched, arid land
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Posad flums en desert, e eissemenz d'ewes en seid  Oxf Ps ANTS 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  Lapid 217.410
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  quant ele ad sai grant, Une eve vait querant  Best ants 769
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  Kant avoie feim [...] E kant avoie seif  Dial Jul 1898
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  F[emme] ad seif et feyme (M.E. W[oman] hath thriste and honger)  Nominale 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  Man lang ANTS 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  Oxf Ps ANTS 104.103.12
morir de sei al molin
molin

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See also:

seeler1  seelus 
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