"site" meaning in Middle English

See site in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sites [plural]
Etymology: Probably from Old Norse, compare Norwegian syt. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|non|-}} Old Norse, {{cog|no|syt}} Norwegian syt Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} site, {{enm-noun}} site (plural sites)
  1. sorrow, grief
    Sense id: en-site-enm-noun-rBvowrbR
  2. a. 1307, Piers Langtoft, Chronicle, read in Thomas Hearne, Peter Langtoft's Chronicle (1725) as reprinted, apparently in facsimile, in The Works of Thomas Hearne, M.A. Volume 3, Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, Volume I, Samuel Bagster (1810) p. 5
    Sense id: en-site-enm-noun-lo6RBs30 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 43 29 18
  3. Ine þe kyng had a sonne, his name Adellus./Dede he toke & he died, als it salle do vs./Sorow & site he made, þer was non oþer rede,/For his sonne & heyre, þat so sone was dede.
    Sense id: en-site-enm-noun-1p9kVMNw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} site
  1. Alternative form of cite Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cite
    Sense id: en-site-enm-noun-x0rN8u4q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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