Old English · verb
geseon
Normalised ġesēon
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 5 Anglian
- IPA
- /jeˈse͜oːn/
- Syllables
- je · ˈse͜oːn (2 syllables)
Meaning
-
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: -
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
All forms (28)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gasehwaną. Equivalent to ġe- + sēon.
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