seid

See also: Seid, SEID, séid, and sèid

German

Alternative forms

• seyd (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯t/
• Homophone: seit

Verb

seid

1. (deprecated template usage) 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?

2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative plural 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.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) said
• (Sursilvan) seit
• (Sutsilvan) set

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sitis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).

Noun

seid f

1. (Surmiran) thirst

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

seid f (genitive singular seide, plural seidean or seideachan)

1. tympany, swelling of the body from flatulence
2. swelling in a person from luxurious living and deep potations

   Nach ann a tha 'n t-seid! ― How the fellow is puffed up!

3. full meal
4. bellyful, surfeit

   Fhuair e a sheid. ― He got his fill.

5. bed spread on the floor, palette, shakedown

   'na luidhe air seid ― sleeping on a pallet

   seid luachrach ― a bed of rushes

6. truss of hay, grass or straw

   sop as gach seid ― a wisp from every truss

7. bench or form to sit on made of grass or heath
8. voluptuousness
9. 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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN