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Old English · verb

geseon

Normalised ġesēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 5 Anglian
IPA
/jeˈse͜oːn/
Syllables
je · ˈse͜oːn (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to see

    ...þāra þe wit ǣr ne ġesāwon.

    ...that we haven't seen before.

    late 9th century, Alfred the Great, Translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy:
  2. to appear, look

    Lytel he wæs ðær gesewen, ac ðeah-hwæðere he wæs swiðe micel and ormæte. Lytel he wæs gesewen, forðan ðe he wolde gefeccan þa lytlan, and gebringan up to his rice.

    Little he there appeared, yet was he, nevertheless, very great and infinite. Little he appeared, because he would fetch the little and bring them up to his kingdom.

    circa 992, Ælfric of Eynsham, “On the Purification of St. Mary”, in The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church/IX:

Conjugation

Non-finite forms of geseon
Form
Infinitive ġesēon
Inflected infinitive ġesēonneġesēonġesē̆enne
Imperative singular ġeseohġeseh
Imperative plural ġesēoþ
Present participle ġesēondeġesē̆ende
Past participle ġesewenġeseġen

All forms (28)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gasehwaną. Equivalent to ġe- + sēon.

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