Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Seethe

Seethe , transitive verb

[Old English sethen, Anglo-Saxon seó{not transcribed}an; akin to Dutch sieden, Old High German siodan, German sieden, Icelandic sj{not transcribed}a, Swedish sjuda, Danish syde, Gothic saubs a burnt offering. Compare Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.]

To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [obsolete]
Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. — 2 Kings iv. 38

Seethe , intransitive verb

To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. — 1 Sam. ii. 13
A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. — G. W. Cable