sethen

Middle English

/ˈseːðən/

verb
Definitions
  • To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid:
  • To cook or heat especially used of processing ceramics or ingredients
  • To break down or process one's consumed food using stomach acid; to digest.
  • (rare) To make pure; to revitalise.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sēoþan (seethe, boil, brood, subject to great pain, prepare food for the mind, disturb, afflict, subject the mind with occupations, subject to a fiery ordeal, be troubled in mind, cook in a liquid, try as with fire, afflict grievously) inherited from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (seethe, boil).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*seuþaną

Gloss

seethe, boil

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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