segen
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom sege + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsegen (third-person singular simple present segeth, present participle segende, segynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle seged)
- To siege; to assault or attack a walled settlement.
- (rare) To attack; to spring upon.
- (rare) To defecate; to void one's bowels.
- (rare) To fortify; to arm.
Conjugation
editConjugation of segen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sẹ̄ǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.
Etymology 2
editFrom sege + -en (plural ending).
Noun
editsegen
Etymology 3
editVerb
editsegen
- Alternative form of seien
Old English
editPronunciation
editNoun
editseġen ?
- Alternative spelling of seġn
West Frisian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsegen c (plural [please provide])
Further reading
edit- “segen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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