- sicerian
- wv/t2 to trickle, penetrate, ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Sicker — Sick er, v. i. [AS. sicerian.] (Mining) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written {sigger}, {zigger}, and {zifhyr}.] [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sigger — Sicker Sick er, v. i. [AS. sicerian.] (Mining) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written {sigger}, {zigger}, and {zifhyr}.] [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
zifhyr — Sicker Sick er, v. i. [AS. sicerian.] (Mining) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written {sigger}, {zigger}, and {zifhyr}.] [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
zigger — Sicker Sick er, v. i. [AS. sicerian.] (Mining) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written {sigger}, {zigger}, and {zifhyr}.] [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sike — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sīc; akin to Old Norse sīk slow stream, Old English sicerian to trickle Date: before 12th century 1. dialect chiefly British a small stream; especially one that dries up in summer 2. dialect… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sike — /suyk, sik/, n. Scot. and North Eng. 1. a small stream. 2. a gully or ditch, esp. one that fills with water after a heavy rain. Also, syke. [1300 50; ME < ON sik small stream, ditch, pond, c. OE sic (now sitch) rill, MLG sik puddle; akin to OHG… … Universalium
sickern — Vsw std. (18. Jh.) Stammwort. Übernommen aus ndd. sikern, vgl. ae. sicerian. Wohl mit lautlich nicht ganz durchsichtiger Intensivgemination zu seihen, also langsam und anhaltend tröpfeln . Präfigierung: versickern. iz … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
sickern — sickern: Das in dt. Mundarten als sikern, sickern weit verbreitete Verb gelangte erst im 17. Jh. in die Schriftsprache. Es entspricht aengl. sicerian »tröpfeln, einsickern« und gehört als alte Iterativbildung zu dem unter ↑ seihen behandelten… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
seikʷ- — seikʷ English meaning: to spill, pour, draft Deutsche Übersetzung: “ausgießen, seihen, rinnen, träufeln” Material: O.Ind. sē catē, siñcáti (asicat) “gießt from, begießt”, sē ka m. “Guß, Erguß, Besprengung”, praseka m. “Erguß,… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
sike — ˈsīk noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English syke, sike, from Old English sīc; akin to Old High German seih urine, Old Norse sīk small stream, ditch, Old English sicerian to trickle more at sicker 1. dialect chiefly Britain : a small stream; … Useful english dictionary
