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Basque[edit]
Numeral[edit]
seien
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
seien
- third-person plural imperfect indicative form of seure
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
seien
- first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:
- "Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—"
- "In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be, not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—"
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.
Alternative forms[edit]
- saien, sain, saine, san, sæin, sæcgen, sæcgene, sæcgæn, sæcgan, sægen, sægenne, sæggen, sæggene, sayen, secgan, secgæn, secgon, secgen, secgene, secgenne, secȝende, sæcgenne, segen, seggen, seggon, seggane, segcean, seȝȝen, seggen, sein, seine, seigen, seiȝen, seiȝn, seuggen, seyen, seyn, sien, sigen, sucgen, sugen, suggen
- ziggen, ziggene (Kentish)
Verb[edit]
seien
- To say, that is:
- (interjection) Say!
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “seien, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
seien
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “seien, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
seien m
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
seien
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