Participles
| Present | sēċende |
| Past | (ġe)sōht |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sēċe |
| 2nd sing. | sēċest; sēcst |
| 3rd sing. | sēċeþ; sēcþ |
| 1st plur. | sēċaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sēċaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sēċaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sōhte |
| 2nd sing. | sōhtest |
| 3rd sing. | sōhte |
| 1st plur. | sōhton |
| 2nd plur. | sōhton |
| 3rd plur. | sōhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sēċe |
| 2nd sing. | sēċe |
| 3rd sing. | sēċe |
| 1st plur. | sēċen |
| 2nd plur. | sēċen |
| 3rd plur. | sēċen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sōhte |
| 2nd sing. | sōhte |
| 3rd sing. | sōhte |
| 1st plur. | sōhten |
| 2nd plur. | sōhten |
| 3rd plur. | sōhten |
Verbs conjugated like 'secan'
secan,
Verbs similar to 'secan'
asecan,
decan,
iecan,
recan,
sacan,
secgan,
seman,
sencan,
sepan,
seþan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“track down, seek out”).
2. Cognate with Old Frisian sēka (West Frisian sykje), Old Saxon sōkian (Low German sooken), Dutch zoeken, Old High German suohhen (German suchen), Old Norse sǿkja (Swedish söka), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan); and with Latin sagiō (“sense by smell”), Albanian shikoj (“to see, observe, look for”), Old Irish saigid (“seek”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*sōkijaną', Low Saxon 'sooken', Dutch '
zoeken', German, old spelling '
suchen', Swedish '
söka', Latin '
sagiō', Albanian '
shikoj', Old Irish '
saigid'.
Sample Sentences
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Hwæt sēcst þū? (What are you looking for?)
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Iċ sōhte rǣd æt mīnum fæder. (I sought advice from my father.)
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sōhte seledrēoriġ · sinces bryttan,
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hwǣr iċ feor oþþe nēah · findan meahte
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þone þe in meoduhealle · mīne wisse (sought hall-sad a giver of treasure,
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where I far or near could find
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who in a mead-hall would know my men) [10th century, The Wanderer:]