Participles
| Present | foreseċġende |
| Past | foresæġd |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | foreseċġe |
| 2nd sing. | foresæġst |
| 3rd sing. | foresæġþ |
| 1st plur. | foreseċġaþ |
| 2nd plur. | foreseċġaþ |
| 3rd plur. | foreseċġaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | foresæġde |
| 2nd sing. | foresæġdest |
| 3rd sing. | foresæġde |
| 1st plur. | foresæġdon |
| 2nd plur. | foresæġdon |
| 3rd plur. | foresæġdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | foreseċġe |
| 2nd sing. | foreseċġe |
| 3rd sing. | foreseċġe |
| 1st plur. | foreseċġen |
| 2nd plur. | foreseċġen |
| 3rd plur. | foreseċġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | foresæġde |
| 2nd sing. | foresæġde |
| 3rd sing. | foresæġde |
| 1st plur. | foresæġden |
| 2nd plur. | foresæġden |
| 3rd plur. | foresæġden |
Imperative
| Singular | foresæġe |
| Plural | foreseċġaþ |
Verbs similar to 'foresecgan'
forsecgan,
foresendan,
foresettan,
foresmeagan,
forsecan,
besecgan,
forbrecan,
foreberan,
foredeman,
foregan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *furaisagjaną. Equivalent to fore- + seċġan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*furaisagjaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum. (Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.)
Cognates
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