Sethyng

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. Archaic form describing the act of boiling food or other matter in hot liquid until it is cooked
2. An obsolete Middle English term for the process of heating something in boiling water or broth
3. Boiling something in liquid, as was done in older English cookery and in medieval writing

Etymology: This is a Middle English spelling of the present participle of "sethen", meaning to boil. That verb descends from Old English "sēothan", and it is cognate with German "sieden". The same root gave us "sodden", the old past participle of this verb, so a waterlogged sponge and a pot of simmering stew share a family name.