seden

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.ðən]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.ðən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ðen]

Verb

seden

1. third-person plural present indicative of sedar

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cedyn, sedyn, sede, seed, seede, seeden

Etymology

From Old English sǣdian, equivalent to seed +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːdən/, /ˈsɛːdən/

Verb

seden (third-person singular simple present sedeth, present participle sedende, sedynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle seded)

1. To produce seed.
2. To grow; to flourish.
3. To plant seeds.
4. (figurative, rare) To distribute offspring

Conjugation

Conjugation of seden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) seden, sede
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sede	seded
2nd-person singular	sedest	sededest
3rd-person singular	sedeth	seded
subjunctive singular	sede
imperative singular		—
plural1	seden, sede	sededen, sedede
imperative plural	sedeth, sede	—
participles	sedynge, sedende	seded, yseded

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

Descendants

• English: seed
• Scots: seed

References

• “sẹ̄den, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

seden

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

seden

1. definite singular of sed

Anagrams

• Edens, edens