sayen
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English seien, equivalent to say + -en.
Verb
sayen
- (obsolete) plural simple present of say
- 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie
- But divine Shepheards soothly sayen,
- In their high Layes with wordes plaine:
- 1647, Henry More, The Praeexistency of the Soul
- No more do souls of men. For stories sayen
- Well known 'mongst countrey folk, our spirits fly,
- 1747, William Mason, Musaeus: a Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope
- That men sayen I make trewe melody,
- 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *sāien, from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-.
Verb
sâyen
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “sayen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “saeyen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page saeyen
Middle English
Verb
sayen
- Alternative form of assayen
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