"sethen" meaning in Middle English

See sethen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈseːðən/
Etymology: From Old English sēoþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną; a cognate of Middle Low German sēden, Middle Dutch sieden, Middle High German sieden, and Old Swedish siūþa. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sēoþan}} Old English sēoþan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*seuþaną}} Proto-Germanic *seuþaną, {{cog|gml|sēden}} Middle Low German sēden, {{cog|dum|sieden}} Middle Dutch sieden, {{cog|gmh|sieden}} Middle High German sieden, {{cog|gmq-osw|siūþa}} Old Swedish siūþa Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} sethen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|seth|seth|soth|sod|2a=soth|3a=sod|3s2=seth|c=2}} Forms: strong [table-tags], sethen [infinitive], to sethen [infinitive], sethe [infinitive], sethe [first-person, present, singular], seth [first-person, past, singular], soth [first-person, past, singular], sethest [present, second-person, singular], sothe [past, second-person, singular], sode [past, second-person, singular], seth [past, second-person, singular], soth [past, second-person, singular], setheth [present, singular, third-person], seth [present, singular, third-person], seth [past, singular, third-person], soth [past, singular, third-person], sethe [present, singular, subjunctive], sothe [past, singular, subjunctive], sode [past, singular, subjunctive], sethe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], sethen [plural, present], sethe [plural, present], sothen [past, plural], sothe [past, plural], soden [past, plural], sode [past, plural], setheth [imperative, plural, present], sethe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], sethynge [participle, present], sethende [participle, present], soden [participle, past], sode [participle, past], ysoden [participle, past], ysode [participle, past]
  1. To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:
    To boil food or meat as to cook or prepare it.
    Sense id: en-sethen-enm-verb-nMkN1f5P
  2. To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:
    To boil down or off; to reduce by boiling something.
    Sense id: en-sethen-enm-verb-8bnS1Gdd
  3. To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:
    To boil something into an essence; to boil as a form of processing.
    Sense id: en-sethen-enm-verb-22NsNckV
  4. To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:
    To inflict punishment or injury by boiling (typically used of Hell)
    Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-sethen-enm-verb-HOrs8~B0 Disambiguation of Cooking: 16 18 10 24 13 14 5
  5. To cook or heat (especially used of processing ceramics or ingredients)
    Sense id: en-sethen-enm-verb-IR4Y7m5j
  6. To break down or process one's consumed food using stomach acid; to digest. Categories (topical): Liquids, Physiology
    Sense id: en-sethen-enm-verb-nO-ZvfCl Disambiguation of Liquids: 4 17 6 23 8 39 3 Disambiguation of Physiology: 2 6 3 37 6 46 0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 10 4 13 12 54 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 8 6 9 8 62 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 4 8 13 64 3
  7. (figurative, rare) To make pure; to revitalise. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-sethen-enm-verb-HxpZ3-Uc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forsethen, sether, sethyng

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forsethen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sether"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sethyng"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "seethe"
          },
          "expansion": "English: seethe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: seethe (sodden is from the former past participle)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "seth",
            "3": "seith",
            "4": "seethe"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: seth, seith, seethe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: seth, seith, seethe (sodden is from the former past participle)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sēoþan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sēoþan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*seuþaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *seuþaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "sēden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German sēden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "sieden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch sieden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "sieden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German sieden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "siūþa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish siūþa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English sēoþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną; a cognate of Middle Low German sēden, Middle Dutch sieden, Middle High German sieden, and Old Swedish siūþa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to sethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ysoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ysode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "sethen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seth",
        "2": "seth",
        "2a": "soth",
        "3": "soth",
        "3a": "sod",
        "3s2": "seth",
        "4": "sod",
        "c": "2"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Anon, Sir Kay said, here is good meat for us for one meal, for we had no good repast for many a day. And so that venison was roasted, baked and boiled, and so after supper some abided there all that night.",
          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 98, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 196, lines 29–33:",
          "text": "A none ſyr kay ſayd ⸝ here is good mete for vs for one meale ⸝ for we had not many a day no good repaſt ⸝ And ſo that veneſon was roſted baken and ſoden ⸝ and ſo after ſouper ſomme abode there al that nyghte",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To boil food or meat as to cook or prepare it."
      ],
      "id": "en-sethen-enm-verb-nMkN1f5P",
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To boil down or off; to reduce by boiling something."
      ],
      "id": "en-sethen-enm-verb-8bnS1Gdd",
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ],
        [
          "boiling",
          "boiling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To boil something into an essence; to boil as a form of processing."
      ],
      "id": "en-sethen-enm-verb-22NsNckV",
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ],
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 18 10 24 13 14 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Cooking",
          "orig": "enm:Cooking",
          "parents": [
            "Food and drink",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To inflict punishment or injury by boiling (typically used of Hell)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sethen-enm-verb-HOrs8~B0",
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cook or heat (especially used of processing ceramics or ingredients)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sethen-enm-verb-IR4Y7m5j"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 10 4 13 12 54 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 6 9 8 62 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 4 8 13 64 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 17 6 23 8 39 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Liquids",
          "orig": "enm:Liquids",
          "parents": [
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 3 37 6 46 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Physiology",
          "orig": "enm:Physiology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To break down or process one's consumed food using stomach acid; to digest."
      ],
      "id": "en-sethen-enm-verb-nO-ZvfCl"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To make pure; to revitalise."
      ],
      "id": "en-sethen-enm-verb-HxpZ3-Uc",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, rare) To make pure; to revitalise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cethyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sethyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seþine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seþen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seoþe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zeoþen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seþe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seeþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seeþe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sethen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English class 2 strong verbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Cooking",
    "enm:Liquids",
    "enm:Physiology"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "forsethen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sether"
    },
    {
      "word": "sethyng"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "seethe"
          },
          "expansion": "English: seethe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: seethe (sodden is from the former past participle)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "seth",
            "3": "seith",
            "4": "seethe"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: seth, seith, seethe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: seth, seith, seethe (sodden is from the former past participle)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sēoþan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sēoþan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*seuþaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *seuþaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "sēden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German sēden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "sieden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch sieden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "sieden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German sieden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "siūþa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish siūþa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English sēoþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną; a cognate of Middle Low German sēden, Middle Dutch sieden, Middle High German sieden, and Old Swedish siūþa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to sethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sothe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sethende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ysoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ysode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "sethen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seth",
        "2": "seth",
        "2a": "soth",
        "3": "soth",
        "3a": "sod",
        "3s2": "seth",
        "4": "sod",
        "c": "2"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Anon, Sir Kay said, here is good meat for us for one meal, for we had no good repast for many a day. And so that venison was roasted, baked and boiled, and so after supper some abided there all that night.",
          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 98, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 196, lines 29–33:",
          "text": "A none ſyr kay ſayd ⸝ here is good mete for vs for one meale ⸝ for we had not many a day no good repaſt ⸝ And ſo that veneſon was roſted baken and ſoden ⸝ and ſo after ſouper ſomme abode there al that nyghte",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To boil food or meat as to cook or prepare it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To boil down or off; to reduce by boiling something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ],
        [
          "boiling",
          "boiling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To boil something into an essence; to boil as a form of processing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ],
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:",
        "To inflict punishment or injury by boiling (typically used of Hell)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "seethe",
          "seethe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cook or heat (especially used of processing ceramics or ingredients)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To break down or process one's consumed food using stomach acid; to digest."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make pure; to revitalise."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, rare) To make pure; to revitalise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cethyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sethyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "seþine"
    },
    {
      "word": "seþen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seoþe"
    },
    {
      "word": "zeoþen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seþe"
    },
    {
      "word": "seeþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "seeth"
    },
    {
      "word": "seþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "seeþe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sethen"
}

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