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Old English · verb

seon

Normalised sēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/se͜oːn/
Syllables
se͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
seesiefiltertricklelookstraindripooze

seon1 · noun · feminine · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of sīen

seon2 · verb

Senses

  1. to strain, filter

  2. to run as a sore, ooze, trickle, drop, drip

Conjugation

Conjugation of seon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sēosāh
2nd singular sīehstsige
3rd singular sīehþsāh
Plural sēoþsigon
Subjunctive
Singular sēosige
Plural sēonsigen
Non-finite forms of seon
Form
Infinitive sēon
Inflected infinitive sēonne
Imperative singular sēoh
Imperative plural sēoþ
Present participle sēonde
Past participle siġenġesiġensiwenġesiwen

seon3 · verb

Senses

  1. to see, look

    ...and ðā syndon swȳþe fæġere and lustsumlīce on tō sēonne...

    ...and those are very beautiful and pleasant to look at...

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

Conjugation

Conjugation of seon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sēoseahsæh
2nd singular siehstsīssē̆essāwesēge
3rd singular siehþsīþsē̆eþseahsæh
Plural sēoþsāwon
Subjunctive
Singular sēosē̆esāwesēge
Plural sēonsēoþsē̆ensāwensēgunsēgonsēgen
Non-finite forms of seon
Form
Infinitive sēon
Inflected infinitive sēonnesēonsē̆enne
Imperative singular seohseh
Imperative plural sēoþ
Present participle sēondesē̆ende
Past participle sewenġesewenseġenġeseġen

All forms (41)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *siuni.

From Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan (“to strain, drip”).

From Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. Cognate with Old Frisian sīa (West Frisian sjen), Old Saxon sehan (Low German sehn), Old Dutch sian (Dutch zien), Old High German sehan (German sehen), Old Norse sjá (Swedish se, Danish se, Icelandic sjá), Gothic (saiƕan).

Descendants

sie, see

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