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Old English · adjective

gesiene

Normalised ġesīene

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈsi͜yː.ne/
Syllables
je · ˈsi͜yː · ne (3 syllables)
Modern English
visibleġesēonapparentmanifestesevident

Meaning

  1. visible

  2. 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"
  3. (participle)(past)past participle of ġesēon

Declension

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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