English Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

see +‎ -er (agent suffix).

Noun Edit

seer (plural seers)

  1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185:
      "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."
  2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.
    • 1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140:
      As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.
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Etymology 2 Edit

See sihr.

Noun Edit

seer (plural seers)

  1. Alternative form of sihr

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Alemannic German Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (sored, injured), from Proto-West Germanic *sair. Cognate with German sehr.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

seer

  1. very
    Hät mi seer gfroit, Sii kännezlärne.
    It was very nice to meet (polite) you.
    (literally, “(It) gladdened me very to get to know (polite) you.”)

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Danish Edit

Etymology Edit

From se (to see) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

  1. viewer (someone who watches television)
  2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

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Middle Dutch Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Adjective Edit

sêer

  1. painful, sore
  2. sick
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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Descendants Edit
  • Dutch: zeer

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Noun Edit

sêer n

  1. pain, ache
  2. sorrow, emotional pain
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Middle English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Noun Edit

seer

  1. Alternative form of sere (dry)

Etymology 2 Edit

Adjective Edit

seer

  1. Alternative form of sere (differing)

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology Edit

From se +‎ -er.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)

  1. (TV) a viewer
  2. a seer, prophet

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Old Galician-Portuguese Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Latin sedēre.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /se.ˈeɾ/, [s̺e.ˈeɾ]

Verb Edit

seer

  1. to be
    • 13th century, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Quen vai contra Santa María con sobervia :
      [...] contra a que vencer foi ao démo per saber ser homildosa [...]
      [...] against her who defeated the devil by being humble [...]

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Old Spanish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin sedēre (to sit). As time passed, it merged with ser (to be), from Latin sum (to be).

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

seer

  1. to be
  2. to sit
    • 9th century, Anonymous, Glosas Emilianenses :
      in domo tua manes (tu siedes)
      [in Latin] you sit/remain at home, [in Old Spanish, glossing Latin manēs ‘you remain’] you sit/remain
    • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 1001:
      Las armas auien presas & sedien sobre los cauallos
      They had taken up arms and were sitting on their horses
    • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 3118:
      Sed en ũtro eſcaño com̃o Rey a ſeñor
      (normalized) Sed en vuestro escaño, como rey a señor
      Sit on your chair, as a king [overlooking] a lord
    • 1250, Anonymous, Pre-Alphonsian Bible E6 Mark.13.22:
      e farã ſignos é marauillas pora engannar los eſcogidos ſi ſeer puede
      (normalized) E farán signos e maravillas pora engañar los escogidos si seer puede
      And they shall make signs and wonders to trick the elect if it can be (=if it's possible)

Conjugation Edit

Descendants Edit

  • Spanish: ser (in part)

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