sethen

Middle English

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈseːðən/

Verb

sethen

  1. To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:
    1. To boil food or meat as to cook or prepare it.
    2. To boil down or off; to reduce by boiling something.
    3. To boil something into an essence; to boil as a form of processing.
    4. To inflict punishment or injury by boiling (typically used of Hell)
  2. To cook or heat (especially used of processing ceramics or ingredients)
  3. To break down or process one's consumed food using stomach acid; to digest.
  4. (rare, figuratively) To make pure; to revitalise.

Usage notes

While the past singular forms in seth- and present forms in seth- were spelt the same way, the past forms' vowel was /ɛː/ while the present forms had /eː/.

Conjugation
Conjugation of sethen (strong class 2)
infinitive (to) sethen
indicative present past
1st person singular sethe seth, sith, sothe
2nd person singular sethest seth, sith, sothe, *sethest
3rd person singular setheth, seþeþ, seeth, siþ seth, sith, sothe
plural sethen sode(n), sothe(n)
subjunctive present past
singular sethe seth, sith, sothe
plural sethen sode(n), sothe(n)
imperative present
singular sethe
plural setheþ, setheth
participle present past
sethende, sethinge (i)sode(n), (i)sothe(n)

Derived terms

Descendants

References
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