seer

• IPA^(key): /sɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈsiːə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -iːə(ɹ)
• Homophones: cere, sere, sear, sihr

From Middle English seere, equivalent to see +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

• see-er (uncommon)
• seeër (rare)

seer (plural seers)

1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185:

     "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."

2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.
   • 1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140:

     As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.

• seeress

See sihr.

seer (plural seers)

1. Alternative form of sihr.

• EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SERE, eres, rees, rese, sere

• sehr

From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (“sored, injured”), from Proto-West Germanic *sair. Cognate with German sehr.

• IPA^(key): /seːr/

seer

1. very

   Hät mi seer gfroit, Sii kännezlärne.

   It was very nice to meet (polite) you.

   (literally, “(It) gladdened me very to get to know (polite) you.”)

• uu
• mega (colloquial)

From se (“to see”) +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /seːər/, [ˈseːˀɐ]
• Rhymes: -eːˀɐ

seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

1. viewer (someone who watches television)
2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

• (viewer): fjernseer, kigger, kikker, tv-kigger, tv-kikker, tv-seer

• seer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

sêer

1. painful, sore
2. sick

• sêre

• Dutch: zeer

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

sêer n

1. pain, ache
2. sorrow, emotional pain

• Dutch: zeer

• “seer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “seer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “seer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “seer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

seer

1. alternative form of sere (“dry”)

seer

1. alternative form of sere (“differing”)

From se +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːər/

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• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: se‧er
• Homophones: C-er, c-er

seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)

1. (TV) a viewer
2. a seer, prophet

• “seer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin sedēre (“to sit”). As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).

• IPA^(key): /se.ˈeɾ/, [s̺e.ˈeɾ]

seer

1. to be
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 153 (facsimile):

     […] se m' a séla non seguir en que assentada sejo, e que sen falir me lév' i folgada […]

     […] unless the chair upon which I am seated goes with me and carries me there at my ease, without fail […]

   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 283 (facsimile):

     […] contra a que vencer foi ao démo per saber ser homildosa […]

     […] against her who defeated the devil by being humble […]

• Fala: sel
• Galician: ser
• Portuguese: ser

From Latin sedēre (“to sit”). As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).

• IPA^(key): /seˈeɾ/

seer

1. to be
   • between 1178-1250, Anonymous, Libro de Alexandre:

     Si souieres quedado serás sano ayna
     (normalized) Si sovieres quedado, serás sano aína

     Should you be resting, you will be sound rapidly

   • between 1246-1252, Gonzalo de Berceo, The Miracles of Our Lady:

     (normalized) Plegó a Sant Fagunt, quemó una partida, fue cerca de la media de Carrïón ardida; por poco fuera toda Frómesta consumida

     It arrived at Sahagún, burned part of it, about half of Carrión de los Condes was burned down, and all of Frómista almost had been consumed

   • 1250, Anonymous, Pre-Alphonsian Bible E6 Mark.13.22:

     e farã ſignos é marauillas pora engannar los eſcogidos ſi ſeer puede
     (normalized) E farán signos e maravillas pora engañar los escogidos si seer puede

     And they shall make signs and wonders to trick the elect if it can be (=if it's possible)

   • between 1436-1439, Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega (Marqués de Santillana), Serranilla VII:

     (normalized) [...] la ví tan graciosa, que apenas creyera que fuesse vaquera de la Finojosa

     [...] she appeared so beautiful in my view, that I could scarcely believe she was just a cowgirl from La Finojosa

2. to remain/sit
   • 9th century, Anonymous, Glosas Emilianenses:

     in domo tua manes (tu siedes)

     [in Latin] you sit/remain at home, [in Old Spanish, glossing Latin manēs ‘you remain’] you sit/remain

   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 1001:

     Las armas auien presas & sedien sobre los cauallos

     They had taken up arms and were sitting on their horses

   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 3118:

     Sed en ũtro eſcaño com̃o Rey a ſeñor
     (normalized) Sed en vuestro escaño, como rey a señor

     Sit on your chair, as a king [overlooking] a lord

• Spanish: ser (in part)

• eseyente