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Old English · verb

beseon

Normalised besēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 5 Anglian
IPA
/beˈse͜oːn/
Syllables
be · ˈse͜oːn (2 syllables)
Modern English
beseeattend

Meaning

  1. to see or look about or around

    ...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...

    Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
  2. to see, behold

    Þā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, "Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme." Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid orm

    Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, "Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels." Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of th

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  3. to go to see, visit

  4. to see to, care for, attend to, provide for

Conjugation

Non-finite forms of beseon
Form
Infinitive besēon
Inflected infinitive besēonnebesēonbesē̆enne
Imperative singular beseohbeseh
Imperative plural besēoþ
Present participle besēondebesē̆ende
Past participle besewenbeseġen

All forms (28)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (“to look, besee”), equivalent to be- + sēon. Cognate with Old Saxon bisehan, Old High German *bisehan, Gothic (bisaiƕan).

Descendants

besee

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