secan

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Asturian

Verb

secan

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of secar

Galician

Verb

secan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of secar

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“track down, seek out”).

Cognate with Old Frisian sēka (West Frisian sykje), Old Saxon sōkian (Low German sooken), Dutch zoeken, Old High German suohhen (German suchen), Old Norse sǿkja (Swedish söka), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan); and with Latin sagiō (“sense by smell”), Albanian shikoj (“to see, observe, look for”), Old Irish saigid (“seek”).

Pronunciation

Verb

sēċan

  1. to look for, seek
    Hwæt sēcst þū?
    What are you looking for?
    Iċ sōhte rǣd æt mīnum fæder.
    I sought advice from my father.
  2. to visit
  3. to attack (especially by an organized group or a military force)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sēċan (weak class 1)
infinitive sēċan sēċenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular sēċe sōhte
second person singular sēċest, sēcst sōhtest
third person singular sēċeþ, sēcþ sōhte
plural sēċaþ sōhton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular sēċe sōhte
plural sēċen sōhten
imperative
singular sēċ
plural sēċaþ
participle present past
sēċende (ġe)sōht

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: seken
    • English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
    • Scots: seek
    • Yola: zeek

Spanish

Verb

secan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of secar
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