Infinitive
seen; to seen; see
Participles
| Present | seynge; seende |
| Past | seen; yseen; see; ysee; seyen; yseyen; seye; yseye |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | see |
| 2nd sing. | seest; sixt |
| 3rd sing. | seeth; sight |
| 1st plur. | seen; see; seeth |
| 2nd plur. | seen; see; seeth |
| 3rd plur. | seen; see; seeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | saugh; seigh; saw; sey |
| 2nd sing. | sawe; seye |
| 3rd sing. | saugh; seigh; saw; sey |
| 1st plur. | sawen; sawe; seyen; seye |
| 2nd plur. | sawen; sawe; seyen; seye |
| 3rd plur. | sawen; sawe; seyen; seye |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | see |
| 2nd sing. | see |
| 3rd sing. | see |
Past
| 1st sing. | sawe; seye |
| 2nd sing. | sawe; seye |
| 3rd sing. | sawe; seye |
Imperative
| Singular | see |
| Plural | seeth; see |
Verbs conjugated like seen
seen,
Etymology
From Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*sehwaną'.
Verbs referencing "seen"
English
see, Scots
see.
Sample Sentences
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Now is þat ſchip. þat bar þe flour. / Selden seȝe. and sone foꝛȝete. (Now that ship which bore the acme is / Rarely seen and quickly forgotten.) [c. 1390, “Edward þe þridde”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1), Worcestershire, folio 411, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:]
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⁊ I ſai whãne he hadde openyd the ſıxte ſeel .· / ⁊ lo a greet erþe mouyng was maad / ⁊ þe ſũne was maad blak as a ſak of heire .· and al þe moone was maad as blood ("And I saw when he'd opened the sixth seal: there was a massive earthquake, the sun was made black like haircloth, and the whole moon became like blood.") [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:12, folio 119, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
Cognates
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