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▪ I. seave north.|siːv|
Forms: 5, 9 seve, 5 seyfe, 5, 9 seive, 8 seave, 8–9 sieve, 6– seave, 9 seeave (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.).
[a. ON. sef (Sw. säf, Da. siv).]
A rush; also, a rushlight.
14..Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 712/9 Hic papirus, a seue [printed sene]. c1450St. Cuthbert (Camden) 470 He began þe seiues graythe, And made a fournays for þe bell. 1483Cath. Angl. 327/2 A Seyfe, iunccus. 1594in Trans. Cumb. & Westm. Archæol. Soc. (1903) III. 152 None..shall mowe or sheare any seaves between Tailbothe and Sleddaile. 1684Meriton Yorksh. Dial. 72 Then strike a Fire, and leet a Seave I Reed. 1777Wallingfen Inclos. Act 21 Seaves, reeds, whinns, or sods.
b. attrib., as † seave-busk (= bush), seave-candle, seave-light; seave-cap, the black-headed bunting.
1483Cath. Angl. 327/2 A *Seyfebuske, iunccetum.
1703Thoresby Let. to Ray Philos. Lett. (1718) 336 Seaves, pill'd Rushes, of which they make *Seav Candles.
1864Atkinson Prov. Names Birds, *Seave-cap..Black-headed Bunting Emberiza Schœniclus.
▪ II. seave, seaven
obs. ff. sieve n., seven. |