gessen

Middle English

Verb

gessen (third-person singular simple present gesseth, present participle gessende, first-/third-person singular past indicative gessede, past participle ygessed)

1. to guess; to suppose

Conjugation

Conjugation of gessen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) gessen, gesse
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	gesse	gessed
2nd-person singular	gessest	gessedest
3rd-person singular	gesseth	gessed
subjunctive singular	gesse
imperative singular		—
plural1	gessen, gesse	gesseden, gessede
imperative plural	gesseth, gesse	—
participles	gessynge, gessende	gessed, ygessed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: guess

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːssen/

Verb

gēssen

1. first-person singular past indicative of geassit