sethyng

Middle English

Alternative forms

seþinge, sethinge, seoþinge, seþyng, sethynge, seeþinge, seeþyng, seþynge

Etymology

From sethen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈseːðinɡ/

Noun

sethyng (plural seþinges)

Boiling or heating; the process of warming, especially in liquid:
1. Boiling for the purpose of heating or warming food.
2. (rare) The reduction or reducing of a substance.
A reduced liquid; an essence or extract of something.
(rare) Breaking up; digesting.
(rare) Comestibles heated by boiling.
(rare) The temperature which water boils at.

Descendants

English: seething
Scots: seethin

References

“sẹ̄thing(e (ger.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.

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