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ge-seón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen
To see; videre, conspicere.
used absolutely or
with acc
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  • Ic geseóm menn

    video homines,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24.

  • He hér gesihþ

    he here seeth,

      Apol. Th. 14, 26.

  • Ða líðende land gesáwon

    the voyagers saw land,

      Beo. Th. 448; B. 221.

  • Ðá heó Isaac geseah

    when she saw Isaac,

      Gen. 24, 64.

  • Ðá he beseah, ðá geseah he olfendas

    when he looked about then he saw the camels,

      Gen. 24, 63.

  • Abraham beseah upp and geseah þrí weras

    Abraham looked up and saw three men,

      Gen. 18, 2.

  • Hie ðone heora scyppend geségon

    they saw their creator,

      Blickl. Homl. 121, 28: Exon. 15 b; Th. 38, 7; Cri. 554.

  • Manega rihtwíse gewilnudon ða þing to geseónne ðe gé geseóþ and híg ne gesáwon

    multi justi cupierunt videre quæ videtis et non viderunt,

      Mt. Bos. 13, 17.

  • Hwí férde gé geseón ... hwí férde gé to geseónne quid existis videre, Lk. Skt. 7, 24, 25, note. Ðæt hí geseónde ne geseón

    ut videntes non videant,

      8, 10.

  • Cum and geseoh

    veni et vide,

      Jn. Bos. 1, 46.

  • Ðíne gangas wǽron gesewene

    visi sunt gressus tui,

      Ps. Th. 67, 23: Shrn. 97, 30.

  • Him wæs gesewen ðæt ...

    it seemed to him that

    ...,
      111, 27: Blickl. Homl. 195, 20.

  • Hie wurdon gesawene

    they appeared,

      173, 25.

  • Ic dé gesáwe

    that I saw thee,

      Wald. 21; Vald. 1, 13.
with predicative adj. or
part
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  • Ic geseó mínne Crist cígendne me

    I see my Christ calling me,

      Blickl. Homl. 187, 23: 59, 2.

  • Hie Drihten gesáwon upastígendne

    they saw the Lord ascending,

      121, 22: 123, 25.

  • Gesyhþ wínsele wéstne

    he sees the wine-hall deserted,

      Beo. Th. 4901; B. 2455: Cd. 37; Th. 48, 30; Gen. 783: 64; Th. 78, 12; Gen. 1292.

  • Geseah lífes weard drige stówe wíde æteówde

    life's guardian saw the dry place widely displayed;

      8; Th. 10, 28; Gen. 163.
with acc. and infin
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  • Ða ðe he gesyhþ to Gode higian

    those that he sees hurry to God,

      Blickl. Homl. 29, 22.

  • Hie ðæt leóht geseóþ scínan

    they see the light shine,

      129, 7: Cd 5; Th. 7, 20; Gen. 108: 32; Th. 42, 4; Gen. 669.

  • Geségun ða dumban gesceaft gefélan

    they saw the dumb creation feel,

      Exon. 24 b; Th. 69, 30; Cri. 1128.
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  • Geseah weard beran beorhte randas

    the warder saw bright shields borne,

      Beo. Th. 463; B. 229: 2051; B. 1023.
followed by a clause
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  • Hie geseóþ hú God ða stówe geweorðaþ

    they see how God honours the place,

      Blickl. Homl. 129, 25: 229, 22: 41, 28: Ps. Th. 73, 19.

  • He gesáwe ðæt he wǽre getogen

    he saw that he was pulled,

    Blickl
      Homl. 43, 26: 145, 8.

  • Ic mæg geseón hwǽr he sylf siteþ

    I can see where he himself sits,

      Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666.
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v. seón.
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v.  ge-sión.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-seón.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15974.

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