seisen

Japanese

Romanization

seisen

Rōmaji transcription of せいせん

Middle English

Alternative forms

sesen, saisen, sezen, seasen, seysen, seise, sayse, seyse

Etymology

From Old French seisir, from Frankish *sakjan, from Proto-Germanic *sakjaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæi̯zən/, /ˈsɛːzən/

Verb

seisen

(transitive) To kidnap, abduct, or take captive.
(transitive) To grasp or snatch.
(ambitransitive) To seize, take, confiscate.
(ambitransitive) To grant ownership; to entitle.
(ambitransitive, rare) To put, set.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *seisen* (weak in -ed)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) seisen, seise

1st-person singular	seise	seised
2nd-person singular	seisest	seisedest
3rd-person singular	seiseth	seised
subjunctive singular	seise	seised
imperative singular	seise	—

plural¹	seisen, seise	seiseden, seisede
imperative plural	seiseth, seise	—

participles	seisynge, seisende	seised, yseised

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

Descendants

English: seize, seise
Scots: seize

References

“seisen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?].

Pronunciation

Audio (Languedoc): (file)

Adjective

seisen m (feminine singular seisena, masculine plural seisens, feminine plural seisenas) (Languedoc)

**Occitan ordinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : sièis Ordinal : seisen

sixth
Synonym: sèxt

Further reading

Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 554.