Old English · verb
seofian
Normalised sēofian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈse͜oː.fi.ɑn/[ˈse͜oː.vi.ɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈse͜oː · fi · ɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- bemoancomplain
Meaning
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to sigh, lament, complain of, bemoan
wǣron mīne fēt, · forste ġebunden, caldum clommum, · þǣr þā ċeare sēofedun. Hāt ymb heortan · hungor innan slāt merewērġes mōd. · Þæt sē mon ne wāt
then it beats near cliffs. My feet were squeezed by cold, bound by frost, with cold fetters, when there we bemoaned sorrows. Hot about heart, hunger within tore a sea-weary mind. The man didn't know that,
þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *seufōn. Related to Dutch zucht.
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