beseon

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (“to look, besee”), equivalent to be- +‎ sēon. Cognate with Old Saxon bisehan, Old High German *bisehan, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (bisaiƕan).

Verb

besēon

  1. To see or look about or around.
  2. To see, behold.
  3. To go to see, visit.
  4. To see to, care for, attend to, provide for.

Conjugation
Conjugation of besēon (strong class 5)
infinitive besēon tō besēonne
indicative present past
1st-person singular besēo beseah
2nd-person singular besīehst besāwe, besǣġe
3rd-person singular besīehþ beseah
plural besēoþ besāwon, besǣgon
subjunctive present past
singular besēo besāwe, besǣġe
plural besēon besāwen, besǣġen
imperative
singular beseoh
plural besēoþ
participle present past
besēonde besewen, beseġen

Descendants

References
  • beseón in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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