bisegen

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • besegen

Etymology

bi- +‎ segen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈseːd͡ʒən/

Verb

bisegen

  1. besiege
    • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “2 Paralipomenon 6:28”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
      If hungur riſiþ in þe lond and peſtilence and ruſt and wynd diſtriynge cornes and a locuste and bꝛuke comeþ and if enemyes biſegen þe ȝatis of þe citee aftir þat þe cuntreis ben diſtried and al veniaunce and ſikenesse oppꝛeſſiþ []
      If hunger rises in the land, and pestilence, rust, wind, destroying grain, and locusts and their young come, and if enemies besiege a city's gates after the city's surrounds are ruined, and when any destruction and disease oppresses (people) []

Conjugation

Conjugation of bisegen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) bisegen, bisege
present tense past tense
1st-person singular bisege biseged
2nd-person singular bisegest bisegedest
3rd-person singular bisegeth biseged
subjunctive singular bisege
imperative singular
plural1 bisegen, bisege bisegeden, bisegede
imperative plural bisegeth, bisege
participles bisegynge, bisegende biseged, ybiseged

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

Descendants

  • English: besiege

References