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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1438, 1588-1646
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(Sive,) Syve, n.1 Also: syff, seve. [Cf. e.m.E. syve (1548), ME chyue (a1400), cyuys pl. (Prompt. Parv.), F. cive onion; chive (12th c. and 1268 respectively in Larousse), L. cēpa onion.] A chive (Allium Schoenoprasum). Also comb. with leifis. — ?1438 Alex. i 2958.
That he sould … neuer in his lyfe Conquere [the] valour of ane syue 1588 St. A. Kirk S. 621.
Sche hes skell of persell, syffis, confort, wormed [etc.] a1646 Wedderburn Voc. (1709) 12.
Schenephrasten, syves —comb. 1615 Edinburgh Testaments XLVIII 264b.
Thrie pund … weycht seveleifis at threttie schillingis the pund weycht
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