† sicer Obs.
Forms: 4 ciser, cisar, 5 cisere, cysar, cyser, cesare; 4 seser, 5 sychere, syser, 6–7 sicer, 7 sicere.
[ad. late L. sicera (med.L. cisera, cisara): see etym. note to cider.]
Intoxicating liquor, strong drink.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 10982 Mikel for right sal he suinc, And noþer win ne ciser [Gött. seser] drinc. Ibid. 12679 He dranc neuer cisar ne wine. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Baptista) 67 Wyne & cesare he ne sal drinke. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 116 Teres of synners certein whilk ere contrite trewely Ere wyne and Cisere to seintis. 1582 N.T. (Rhem.) Luke i. 15 Wine and sicer he shal not drincke. 1609 Bible (Douay) Deut. xiv. 26 Thou shalt buy..wine also and sicere. [1623 Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. To Rdr. p. xxx, No man hauing but the English tongue onely is able to vnderstand it. Witnesse their Parasceue of the Pasche, their Azimes, their Wine and Sicer.] |