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Old English · noun

sien

Normalised sīen

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/si͜yːn/
Syllables
si͜yːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
visioncountenancesight

sien1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. power of sight, vision

  2. the instrument of sight; eye; pupil

  3. appearance, countenance

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of sien
SingularPlural
Nominative sīensīenesīena
Accusative sīensīenesīenesīena
Genitive sīenesīena
Dative sīenesīenum

sien2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. plural present subjunctive of wesan

  2. Inflected form of wesan

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *siuni (“appearance, sight, face”). Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“perception, vision, sight,”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).

From the 0-grade of Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

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