▪ I. seth
variant of saithe, seath Obs.
▪ II. seth, seþ
obs. forms of sith.
▪ III. † seth(e Obs.
Also 5 seeth(e, seyth, syth.
[Aphetic f. assethe, due to apprehending the phr. make asethe as make a sethe. See also the later (Scottish) syth n. and v.]
Satisfaction, amends, atonement. a. to make a seth(e: see assethe.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 91 Þat þey schulde make a sethe to þe bisshop [orig. ut præsuli satisfacerent]. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas iii. v. (1554) 77 To make a seeth for his transgression. c 1450 Cov. Myst., Salut. 103 He may nevyr make a seyth be resone. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vi. cxciv. (1533) I. 119 That he made a seth and amendes to goddes pleasure. |
b. to make (a) full sethe, make amends and sethe.
| c 1420 ? Lydg. Assembly of Gods 97 Tyll he haue made full seethe and recompence For hurt of my name. c 1460 Wisdom 122 in Macro Plays 39 Wysdam, þat was Gode & man ryght, Made a full sethe to þe fadyr of hewyn. 1461 J. Paston in P. Lett. II. 36 To make amendes and sethe to the pore peple. |