Sidhe vs Sidle - What's the difference?
sidhe | sidle |
As nouns the difference between sidhe and sidle is that sidhe is while sidle is a sideways movement. As a verb sidle is to move sideways.
sidhe Proper noun
( head)
Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie.
* 1906 , , Columcille: The Friend of the Angels of God,
- Even Nera from the Sidhe could not do it; he is not made much of now; our learned one is not the light of our life now he is hidden away from us.
Alternative capitalization of sidhe.
* 1914 , ,
- Their reign has never ceased, but only waned in power a little, for the Sidhe still pass in every wind, and dance and play at hurley, and fight their sudden battles in every hollow and on every hill; but they cannot build their temples again till there have been martyrdoms and victories, and perhaps even that long-foretold battle in the Valley of the Black Pig.
* 2001 , , Spirits White as Lightning , page not numbered ,
- “‘Fun,’” Ria echoed. “You want to invite me to one of the Sidhe ’s High Holy Days—me —and you think it'll be 'fun'?”
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sidle English
Noun
( en noun)
A sideways movement.
A furtive advance.
Verb
(sidl)
To move sideways.
To advance in a furtive, coy or unobtrusive manner.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VIII
, passage=At an early point in these exchanges I had started to sidle' to the door, and I now ' sidled through it, rather like a diffident crab on some sandy beach trying to avoid the attentions of a child with a spade.}}
Derived terms
* sidle up
Related terms
* sideling, sidling
* sidelong
See also
* crablike
References
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