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sícan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sícan, p. sác.
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
to sike (still in dial. e. g. Lancashire),
sigh, groan
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  • On mínum bedde ic síce and wépe,

      Ps. Th. 6, 5.
to sigh for,
long for
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  • Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ

    en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat,

      Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35.
Etymology
[Seoruhfulnesse made him siken sore, A. R. 110, 13. Wepenn & sikenn sare & suhhȝhenn, Orm. 7924. Þe king gon siche (sike, 2nd MS.) sare, Laym. 12772. He sikede, Jul. 20, 9. Sike, Horn. 426: Havel. 291. She neither weep ne syked, Clerkes Tale 545. Thanne syked Sathan, Piers P. 18, 263.]
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v. á-, on-sícan,
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