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• a variation of sike.

syke

American  

[sahyk] / saɪk /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a variant of sike.

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In these lay a gret multitude of syke men, blinde, crokid, and drye.—Wicliffe,

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

There is an old laconic expression, “Witham pike, none like,” which is only a condensed form of an older adage, Ancholme eels, and Witham pike, In all the world there’s none syke.

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway

For every man mai understonde, Hou for a time that it stonde, 4460 It is a sori lust to lyke, Whos ende makth a man to syke And torneth joies into sorwe.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

Now certes, eem, to-morwe, and I him see, I shal ther-of as ful excusen me 810 As ever dide womman, if him lyke'; And with that word she gan ful sore syke.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

Quod Pandarus, `For ought I can espyen, 1135 This light, nor I ne serven here of nought; Light is not good for syke folkes yen.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey