gessen

Middle English

Verb

gessen (third-person singular simple present gesseth, present participle gessende, first-/third-person singular past indicative gessede, past participle ygessed)

  1. to guess; to suppose

Conjugation

Conjugation of gessen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) gessen, gesse
present tense past tense
1st-person singular gesse gessed
2nd-person singular gessest gessedest
3rd-person singular gesseth gessed
subjunctive singular gesse
imperative singular
plural1 gessen, gesse gesseden, gessede
imperative plural gesseth, gesse
participles gessynge, gessende gessed, ygessed

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

Descendants

  • English: guess

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkeːssen/

Verb

gēssen

  1. first-person singular past indicative of geassit