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sithing

sithing is the present participle and gerund of sithe.

Meaning of sithe

Verb (1)

sithe (third-person singular simple present sithes, present participle sithing, simple past and past participle sithed)

  1. (obsolete) To journey, travel, wayfare.

Verb (2)

sithe (third-person singular simple present sithes, present participle sithing, simple past and past participle sithed)

  1. (dated, dialectal) To sigh.
    • c1475, The Macro Plays, Mankindː
      I may both sithe and sob; this is a piteous remembrance

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Questions about sithing

What is sithing the present participle and gerund of?
Sithing is the present participle and gerund of sithe.

Words near sithing in the dictionary

  1. sithemen
  2. sithen
  3. sithence
  4. sithens
  5. sithes
  6. sithing
  7. sithingly
  8. Sithlike
  9. Sithney
  10. Sithole
  11. siths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sithing (page history and authors); sithe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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