Old English · verb

ceosan

Normalised ċēosan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class II
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.sɑn/
[ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.zɑn]
Syllables: ˈt͡ʃe͜oː · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: choose select elect accept

Meaning

to choose, select

An. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod.

Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
to elect
to accept

Conjugation

Conjugation of ceosan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ċēose	ċēas
2nd singular	ċīest	cure
3rd singular	ċīest	ċēas
Plural	ċēosaþ	curon
Subjunctive
Singular	ċēose	cure
Plural	ċēosen	curen

Non-finite forms of ceosan
	Form
Infinitive	ċēosan
Inflected infinitive	ċēosenne
Imperative singular	ċēos
Imperative plural	ċēosaþ
Present participle	ċēosende
Past participle	coren ġecoren

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“taste, choose”). Cognate with Old Frisian kiāsa, Old Saxon kiosan, Old High German kiosan, Old Norse kjósa, Gothic (kiusan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Latin gustus (“taste”), Albanian desha (“chosen”).

Descendants

choose

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