Old English · adjective
gesiene
Normalised ġesīene
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈsi͜yː.ne/
- Syllables
- je · ˈsi͜yː · ne (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- visibleġesēonapparentmanifestesevident
Meaning
-
visible
-
evident, manifest, apparent
...and hē sōna ġesund sylf upp ārās, swā ðæt hit næs ġesēne hweðer hē sēoc wǣre.
...and he immediately rose up safe by himself, so that it was not apparent that he had been sick.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot" -
(participle)(past)past participle of ġesēon
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġesīene | ġesīenuġesīeno | ġesīene |
| Accusative | ġesīenne | ġesīene | ġesīene |
| Genitive | ġesīenes | ġesīenre | ġesīenes |
| Dative | ġesīenum | ġesīenre | ġesīenum |
| Instrumental | ġesīene | ġesīenre | ġesīene |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġesīene | ġesīenaġesīene | ġesīenuġesīeno |
| Accusative | ġesīene | ġesīenaġesīene | ġesīenuġesīeno |
| Genitive | ġesīenra | ġesīenra | ġesīenra |
| Dative | ġesīenum | ġesīenum | ġesīenum |
| Instrumental | ġesīenum | ġesīenum | ġesīenum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġesīena | ġesīene | ġesīene |
| Accusative | ġesīenan | ġesīenan | ġesīene |
| Genitive | ġesīenan | ġesīenan | ġesīenan |
| Dative | ġesīenan | ġesīenan | ġesīenan |
| Instrumental | ġesīenan | ġesīenan | ġesīenan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġesīenan | ġesīenan | ġesīenan |
| Accusative | ġesīenan | ġesīenan | ġesīenan |
| Genitive | ġesīenraġesīenena | ġesīenraġesīenena | ġesīenraġesīenena |
| Dative | ġesīenum | ġesīenum | ġesīenum |
| Instrumental | ġesīenum | ġesīenum | ġesīenum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
ġe- + -sīene. Second element from earlier *-sēanī or *-seahnī. Further etymology uncertain. Some seemingly derived forms may instead reflect Proto-West Germanic *-siunī or Proto-West Germanic *-sānī; cf. Old High German ougsiuni (“visible to the eye”), but also Old High German seltsāni (“rarely seen, strange”).
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