sye

1 of 3

variant spelling of sie

sye

2 of 3

intransitive verb

obsolete

: sink, fall, descend

sye

3 of 3

variant spelling of sy

Word History

Etymology

Intransitive verb

Middle English syen, from Old English sīgan; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German sīgan to sink, fall, Old Norse sīga to sink, slide, sīa to strain, filter (wine)

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