Sypian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

sypian

to take in moisture:--Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt; gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .and preceding word. sypian

Related words: sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit sipige and socige .iiii. dagas, Lchdm. ii. 252, 11. Cf. súpan,