Sc. Obs. Also 5 syþ, 6 syith, sith, cythe. [Aphetic form of ASSYTH v.] trans. To satisfy, give satisfaction to.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., V. xii. 3970 (Wemyss MS.). [Scho] gaif þame siluer or payment, Or claiþ to syþ thare entent.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IX. vii. 116. He mycht do stanche his ire, and syth his thocht.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 120. The king was nocht full sithit with his justice.
c. 1550. Rolland, Crt. Venus, III. 774. That pane may be in put to Forfaltouris: The Partie sythit, as Law will lat it be.
absol. 1583. Reg. Privy Council Scot., III. 599. He forgevis thame … of quhat degre sa evir thay be of. Quhilk as his majestie heir promittis, sa sall he mak it to cythe in gud effect heirefter.
b. ? intr. for pass. To be satisfied.
1650. in W. Ross, Aberdour & Inchcolme (1885), 326. [He had called her] a trumpous [cross-tempered] witch, [and her heart] sythed [glowed with satisfaction, when she saw him coming home in his hurt condition].
