seisen
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Romanization edit
seisen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French seisir, from Frankish *sakjan, from Proto-Germanic *sakjaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
seisen
- (transitive) To kidnap, abduct, or take captive.
- (transitive) To grasp or snatch.
- (transitive, intransitive) To seize, take, confiscate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To grant ownership; to entitle.
- (transitive, intransitive, rare) To put, set.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of seisen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “seisen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Adjective edit
seisen m (feminine singular seisena, masculine plural seisens, feminine plural seisenas) (Languedoc)
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Cardinal : sièis Ordinal : seisen | ||
Further reading edit
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 554.