Participles
| Present | ċēosende |
| Past | (ġe)coren |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ċēose |
| 2nd sing. | ċīest |
| 3rd sing. | ċīest |
| 1st plur. | ċēosaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ċēosaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ċēosaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ċēas |
| 2nd sing. | cure |
| 3rd sing. | ċēas |
| 1st plur. | curon |
| 2nd plur. | curon |
| 3rd plur. | curon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ċēose |
| 2nd sing. | ċēose |
| 3rd sing. | ċēose |
| 1st plur. | ċēosen |
| 2nd plur. | ċēosen |
| 3rd plur. | ċēosen |
Past
| 1st sing. | cure |
| 2nd sing. | cure |
| 3rd sing. | cure |
| 1st plur. | curen |
| 2nd plur. | curen |
| 3rd plur. | curen |
Imperative
| Singular | ċēos |
| Plural | ċēosaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'ceosan'
ceosan,
Verbs similar to 'ceosan'
ceowan,
weosan,
beodan,
cegan,
cegean,
celan,
cemban,
cennan,
ceorfan,
ceorian,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“taste, choose”).
2. Cognate with Old Frisian kiāsa, Old Saxon kiosan, Old High German kiosan, Old Norse kjósa, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Latin gustus (“taste”), Albanian desha (“chosen”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*keusaną', Old Saxon '
kiosan', Old High German 'kiosan'.
Sample Sentences
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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An. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod. (Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.)
Cognates
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