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Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German sīt, from Old High German sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīþuz. Akin to Old Saxon sīd, Old English sīþ.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
seid
- since
- Mia håm nix mehr vo erna gheat, seid's as letzte Moi då woan. ― We haven't heard from them since the last time they were here.
Preposition
seid (+ dative)
- since
- I bin seid da letztn Wochn krånk. ― I’ve been ill since the last weekend.
- for (some past period of time)
- I bin seid oaner Wochn krånk. ― I’ve been ill for a week now.
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German sīt. See sein for more. Spelt with d after sind (see there) and to distinguish from seit (“since”).
Pronunciation
Verb
seid
- second-person plural present of sein
1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:Wer seid ihr, die ihr mir unfreundlich den Schlaf von den Augen schüttelt?- Who are ye that thus rudely banish slumber from my eyes?
- plural imperative of sein
1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:Armselige Mäuse, die gleich verzweifeln, wenn der Hausherr eine neue Katze anschafft! Nur ein bißchen anders; aber wir treiben unser Wesen vor wie nach, seid nur ruhig.- Poor mice! The master of the house procures a new cat, and ye are straight in despair! The difference is very trifling; we shall get on as we did before, only be quiet.
Middle English
Verb
seid
- Alternative form of seide
1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum i”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, by
William Caxton], published
31 July 1485,
→OCLC, leaf 38, verso; republished as H
Oskar Sommer, editor,
Le Morte Darthur , London:
David Nutt,
,
1889,
→OCLC,
page 76, lines
36–38:
Sire ſeid the damoyſell ye nede not to pulle half ſo hard / for he that ſhall pulle it out ſhal do it with lytel myghte / ye ſay wel ſaid Arthur /- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
seid m (definite singular seiden, indefinite plural seidar, definite plural seidane)
- (pre-1901) alternative form of sei
Etymology 2
Noun
seid m (definite singular seiden, indefinite plural seidar, definite plural seidane)
- A type of magic, especially in Norse conditions.
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).
Noun
seid f
- (Surmiran) thirst
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
seid f (genitive singular seide, plural seidean or seideachan)
- tympany, swelling of the body from flatulence
- swelling in a person from luxurious living and deep potations
- Nach ann a tha 'n t-seid! ― How the fellow is puffed up!
- full meal
- bellyful, surfeit
- Fhuair e a sheid. ― He got his fill.
- bed spread on the floor, palette, shakedown
- 'na luidhe air seid ― sleeping on a pallet
- seid luachrach ― a bed of rushes
- truss of hay, grass or straw
- sop as gach seid ― a wisp from every truss
- bench or form to sit on made of grass or heath
- voluptuousness
- load
Usage notes
Some authorities give séid for the meanings bed, truss and bench.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “seid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN