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The definition is suggested by the Middle English gloss. In the absence of an etymology for this sense, the word may perhaps be interpreted as a variant of either soucier (‘to be anxious’) or sucher1 (‘to suck’).
v.intrans.
to groan, moan (?):
(
s.xivin; MS: 1382
) Homme cyngulte et sussie (M.E. belkyth and gronyth)Nominale 91
sussier1 (s.xivin)