seisen

Japanese

Romanization

seisen

1. Rōmaji transcription of せいせん

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• sesen, saisen, sezen, seasen, seysen, seise, sayse, seyse

Etymology

From Old French seisir, from Frankish *sakjan, from Proto-Germanic *sakjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛi̯zən/, /ˈsɛːzən/

Verb

seisen

1. (transitive) To kidnap, abduct, or take captive.
2. (transitive) To grasp or snatch.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To seize, take, confiscate.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To grant ownership; to entitle.
5. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To put, set.

Conjugation

Conjugation of seisen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) seisen, seise
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	seise	seised
2nd-person singular	seisest	seisedest
3rd-person singular	seiseth	seised
subjunctive singular	seise
imperative singular		—
plural1	seisen, seise	seiseden, seisede
imperative plural	seiseth, seise	—
participles	seisynge, seisende	seised, yseised

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

Descendants

• English: (to) seize
• Scots: (to) seize

References

• “seisen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.