forseon
Old English
editEtymology
editEquivalent to for- + sēon. Cognate with Old High German firsehan. See for-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editforsēon
Conjugation
editConjugation of forsēon (strong class 5)
infinitive | forsēon | forsēonne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | forsēo | forseah |
second person singular | forsiehst | forsāwe |
third person singular | forsiehþ | forseah |
plural | forsēoþ | forsāwon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | forsēo | forsāwe |
plural | forsēon | forsāwen |
imperative | ||
singular | forseoh | |
plural | forsēoþ | |
participle | present | past |
forsēonde | forsewen |
Derived terms
edit- forsewennes (“contempt”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forseon”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.