sùith

sùith
soot, Irish súithche, Middle Irish suithe, Old Irish suidi, fuligine, Welsh huddugl (cf. hudd, dark), Breton huzel (French suie): *sodio-, root sed, sit, settle; English soot, Anglo-Saxon sót, Norse sót. Doubtful.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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  • Soot — (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. sot, AS. s?t; akin to Icel. s?t, Sw. sot, Dan. sod, OD. soet, Lith. s?dis; cf. Gael. suith, Ir. suth.] A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • many a true word is spoken in jest — c 1390 CHAUCER Monk’s Prologue 1. 1964 Be nat wrooth, my lord, though that I pleye. Ful ofte in game a sooth [truth] I have herd seye! a 1628 J. CARMICHAELL Proverbs in Scots no. 1099 Manie suith word said in bourding [jesting]. c 1665 in… …   Proverbs new dictionary

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