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syth

syth is the alternative form of sith.

Meaning of sith

Noun

sith (plural siths)

  1. (obsolete) A journey, way.
    • The holy gost before vs glad / ffull softly on his sithe15th c., “Thomas Indie [Thomas of India]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI)...
    Synonyms:
    trip, fare, journey
  2. (obsolete) One's journey of life, experience, one's lot, also by extension life, lifetime.
    • Christ's sith of sorrow and suffering.
  3. (obsolete) An instant in time, a point in time or an occasion.
    • Of them the other philosophers have, by siths, taken their beginning.a. 1450, Secretum Secretorum in Ashmole

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What is syth the alternative form of?
Syth is the alternative form of sith.

Words near syth in the dictionary

  1. systylia
  2. systylious
  3. systylius
  4. systylous
  5. Sysyphean
  6. syth
  7. sythe
  8. sythed
  9. sythes
  10. sything
  11. sytogobitic

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