medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In my part of the country, it is *sicced* pronounced *sickd.* It is when
you egg on a dog to attack something by yelling "Sic 'em!"
DW
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> E's converts included the daughter of the Roman
> > governor---who was so enranged that he sikked the butchers of the
> > town on E, who killed him with meat axes.
>
> Phyllis -
>
> Is "sikked" a misprint or a new slang word ? Unfamiliar to me and not in
my
> Random House Dictionary which is US based & has an excellent list of
usages
> both sides of the pond. (I get the general drift, of course: egged on,
hyped
> up, &c.)
>
> BMC
>
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