# seid
## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* seit

### Etymology

From Middle High German sīt, from Old High German sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīþuz. Akin to Old Saxon sīd, Old English sīþ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑɛ̯d̥/
* IPA: /sæːd̥/ (Vienna)

### Conjunction

seid
* since
    Mia håm nix mehr vo erna gheat, seid's as letzte Moi då woan. ― We haven't heard from them since the last time they were here.

### Preposition

seid (+ dative)
* since
    I bin seid da letztn Wochn krånk. ― I’ve been ill since the last weekend.
* for (some past period of time)
    I bin seid oaner Wochn krånk. ― I’ve been ill for a week now.

## German
### Alternative forms

* seit, seyd, seyt (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle High German sīt. See sein for more. Spelt with d after sind (see there) and to distinguish from seit (“since”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zaɪ̯t/
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* Homophone: seit

### Verb

seid
* second-person plural present of sein
** 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:Wer seid ihr, die ihr mir unfreundlich den Schlaf von den Augen schüttelt?Who are ye that thus rudely banish slumber from my eyes?
* plural imperative of sein
** 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:Armselige Mäuse, die gleich verzweifeln, wenn der Hausherr eine neue Katze anschafft! Nur ein bißchen anders; aber wir treiben unser Wesen vor wie nach, seid nur ruhig.Poor mice! The master of the house procures a new cat, and ye are straight in despair! The difference is very trifling; we shall get on as we did before, only be quiet.

## Middle English
### Verb

seid
* Alternative form of seide
** 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum i”, in, book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 38, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 76, lines 36–38:Sire ſeid the damoyſell ye nede not to pulle half ſo hard / for he that ſhall pulle it out ſhal do it with lytel myghte / ye ſay wel ſaid Arthur /(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

seid m (definite singular seiden, indefinite plural seidar, definite plural seidane)
* (pre-1901) alternative form of sei

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

seid m (definite singular seiden, indefinite plural seidar, definite plural seidane)
* A type of magic, especially in Norse conditions.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* said (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
* seit (Sursilvan)
* set (Sutsilvan)

### Etymology

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).

### Noun

seid f
* (Surmiran) thirst

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

seid f (genitive singular seide, plural seidean or seideachan)
* tympany, swelling of the body from flatulence
* swelling in a person from luxurious living and deep potations
    Nach ann a tha 'n t-seid! ― How the fellow is puffed up!
* full meal
* bellyful, surfeit
    Fhuair e a sheid. ― He got his fill.
* bed spread on the floor, palette, shakedown
    'na luidhe air seid ― sleeping on a pallet
    seid luachrach ― a bed of rushes
* truss of hay, grass or straw
    sop as gach seid ― a wisp from every truss
* bench or form to sit on made of grass or heath
* voluptuousness
* load

#### Usage notes

Some authorities give séid for the meanings bed, truss and bench.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “seid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN