seym

See also: Seym

Middle English

Alternative forms

same, saym, sayme, seine, seyme
(early) seim

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”), from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen. See Modern English seam.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sæi̯m/

Noun

seym (uncountable)

fat, lard, grease
- c. 1225, “Eahtuðe dale: þe uttre riwle”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎, Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 112, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
  Ȝe ne ſchulen naƿt eoten fleſch ne ſeim · bute foꝛ muche ſecneſſe oðer hƿa ſe iſ ouer feble ·
  You shouldn't eat meat or fat, except in the case of extreme frailty or a strong illness.

Descendants

English: seam, saim (dialectal, obsolete)
Scots: seam, saim, sawm
→ Welsh: saim

References

“seim(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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