An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Teut. suyver-en, mundare.

Rumbling Syver, a drain filled with stones thrown loosely together, S.

SIVVEN, s. The Raspberry, S. Gael.

SIVVENS, SIBBINS, s. pl.
1. A disease viewed as of the venereal kind, S.

From its resembling a raspberry; Gael. sivven.

Pennant.
2. The itch, Orkn. pron. sibbens.

SYVEWARM, s. L. Syvewarin, the sovereign or first magistrate of a town.

Sovereign, quaestor, Kilian.

Barbour.

SKADDINS, s. pl. Turfs, Banffs.