beseon
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (“to look, besee”), equivalent to be- + sēon. Cognate with Old Saxon bisehan, Old High German *bisehan, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (bisaiƕan).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
besēon
- to see or look about or around
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
- ...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...
- Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:62
- Nān mann þe his hand āsett on his sulh and onbæc besihþ nis andfenġe Godes rīċe.
- No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE"
- Crist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...
- Christ then looked up towards the rich man...
- Early 11th c., Defensor's translation of Liber Scintillarum
- ...nā besēoh þū on wīfes hiw...
- ...do not look at a woman's appearance...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
- to see, behold
- to go to see, visit
- to see to, care for, attend to, provide for
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of besēon (strong class 5)
| infinitive | besēon | besēonne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | besēo | beseah |
| second person singular | besiehst | besāwe |
| third person singular | besiehþ | beseah |
| plural | besēoþ | besāwon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | besēo | besāwe |
| plural | besēon | besāwen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | beseoh | |
| plural | besēoþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| besēonde | besewen | |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “beseón”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.