seyn

German

Etymology 1

See sein (“to be”).

Verb

seyn

1. Obsolete spelling of sein.
   • 1735, Leben und Thaten des allerdurchlauchtigsten und großmächtigsten Königs von Preußen Friederici Wilhelmi, Hamburg and Breßlau, p. 858:

     Seye fromm und treu, thue das deine, und werde nicht liederlich […]

Etymology 2

See sein (“his; its”).

Determiner

seyn

1. Obsolete spelling of sein.

Inflection

Declension of seyn
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	seyn	seyne	seyn	seyne
genitive	seynes	seyner	seynes	seyner
dative	seynem	seyner	seynem	seynen
accusative	seynen	seyne	seyn	seyne

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• seyen

Verb

seyn (third-person singular simple present seyth, present participle seyinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle seyd)

1. to say