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Old English · verb

seoþan

Normalised sēoþan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈse͜oː.θɑn/
[ˈse͜oː.ðɑn]
Syllables
ˈse͜oː · θɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
seethecook

Meaning

  1. to cook

    Coquō: iċ sēoðe.

    Coquo: "I cook."

    c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

  2. to boil

Conjugation

Conjugation of seoþan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sēoþesēaþ
2nd singular sīestsude
3rd singular sīeþþsīeþsēaþ
Plural sēoþaþsudon
Subjunctive
Singular sēoþesude
Plural sēoþensuden
Non-finite forms of seoþan
Form
Infinitive sēoþan
Inflected infinitive sēoþenne
Imperative singular sēoþ
Imperative plural sēoþaþ
Present participle sēoþende
Past participle sodenġesoden

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seuþaną.

Descendants

seethe

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