seedtime

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seedtime

/ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/

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From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”).

Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”).

noun seedtimes · seed-time

countable, uncountable The time to sow seeds. Seed time and Harvest, Heat and hoary Frost Shall hold thir course
countable, figuratively, uncountable A time for new development.

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@misc{seedtime_2026,
  title = {seedtime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seedtime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}