Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. Seethed(Sod, obs.); p. p.
Seethed, Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.]
[OE.
sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.]
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.]
Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
of the prophets. --2 Kings iv.
38.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Sodden \Sod"den\, a. [p. p. of Seethe.]
Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture;
saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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