сице

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From си (si) + -ко (-ko), "к" alternates with "ц" after "и", "о" alternates with "е" after "ц".

Adverb

сице • (sice)

1. thus, so
   • 1581, Ostrog Bible, 1 Samuel 14.16:

     сице да гл҃еши людем̑ си́м꙽, и҆же рѣша к тебѣ гл҃ще ꙗ҆́ко,...

     Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,...

   • line 8 from the Primary Chronicle:

     И идоша за море къ варягомъ, к русꙇ; сице бо тꙇи звахуся варязи русь...

     I idoša za more kŭ varjagomŭ, k rusi; sice bo tii zvaxusja varjazi rusĭ...

     And they went across the sea to the Varangians, to the Rus; for in this way those Varangians are called Rus...