seise

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French seisir (“to put in possession of", "to take possession of”), from Late Latin sacīre, from Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring a legal charge against”), from Proto-Germanic *sakōnan (“to charge, seek legal action against”), from Proto-Indo-European *sāg(')- (“to track”). Cognate with Old High German sahhan (“to argue, scold”), Old English sacian (“to strive, contend”). More at sake.

Verb

seise (third-person singular simple present seises, present participle seising, simple past and past participle seised)

1. (transitive, law) To vest ownership of a freehold estate in (someone).
   • 1997, Nigel Saul, The Oxford illustrated history of medieval England‎, page 74:

     There a baron was created and seised by the king in a single act. His tenure was a function of his personal relationship with his lord king.

2. (transitive, with of, law) To put in possession.
   • 1878, Joshua Williams, The Seisin of the Freehold‎, page 55:

     He then died intestate; and I observed that his heir-at-law was not actually seised of Whiteacre, the possession of which became vacant on his ancestor's death

3. (dated) To seize.

Synonyms

• ((with of) to put in possession): possess

Usage notes

• Usually used in passive.

Anagrams

• Essie

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish seise, from Old Norse sessi.

Noun

seise m

1. companion, comrade

Declension

Declension of seise

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seise seisí Vocative a sheise a sheisí Genitive seise seisí Dative seise seisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an seise na seisí Genitive an tseise na seisí Dative leis an seise don seise leis na seisí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seise	sheise after "an", tseise	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Old Norse sessi.

Noun

seise m

1. companion

Synonyms

• céile, coicéile, séitig

Descendants

• Irish: seise
• Manx: sheshey
• Scottish Gaelic: seis