seon – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of seon

Infinitive

sēon
sēonne

Participles

Presentsēonde
Past(ġe)sewen; (ġe)siġen; (ġe)siwen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.sēo
2nd sing.siehst; sīehst
3rd sing.siehþ; sīehþ
1st plur.sēoþ
2nd plur.sēoþ
3rd plur.sēoþ

Past

1st sing.seah; sāh
2nd sing.sāwe; sige
3rd sing.seah; sāh
1st plur.sāwon; sigon
2nd plur.sāwon; sigon
3rd plur.sāwon; sigon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.sēo
2nd sing.sēo
3rd sing.sēo
1st plur.sēon
2nd plur.sēon
3rd plur.sēon

Past

1st sing.sāwe; sige
2nd sing.sāwe; sige
3rd sing.sāwe; sige
1st plur.sāwen; sigen
2nd plur.sāwen; sigen
3rd plur.sāwen; sigen

Imperative

Singularseoh; sēoh
Pluralsēoþ

Verbs conjugated like 'seon'

seon,

Verbs similar to 'seon'

aseon, beon, deon, leon, sceon, teon, þeon, afon, ahon, ateon,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
2. 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 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (saiƕan). See: Proto-Germanic '*sehwaną', Old Saxon 'sehan', Dutch 'zien', Old High German 'sehan', German, old spelling 'sehen', Swedish 'se', Danish 'se', Icelandic 'sjá'.

Verbs referencing "seon"

Old Saxon sin.

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
  • ...and ðā syndon swȳþe fæġere and lustsumlīce on tō sēonne... (...and those are very beautiful and pleasant to look at...)

Cognates

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