See beseon on Wiktionary
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"english": "Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\n...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...",
"translation": "Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...",
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"english": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.",
"roman": "Nān mann þe his hand āsett on his sulh and onbæc besihþ nis andfenġe Godes rīċe.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:62",
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"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE\"\nCrist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...",
"translation": "Christ then looked up towards the rich man...",
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"text": "Early 11th c., Defensor's translation of Liber Scintillarum\n...nā besēoh þū on wīfes hiw...",
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"english": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, \"Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme.\" Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid ormǣtum stenċe, æfter andwerdnysse þǣs eġeslīċan gāstes.",
"translation": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
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},
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"form": "5 Anglian",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "besēon",
"links": [
[
"besēon",
"beseon#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "besē̆enne",
"links": [
[
"besē̆enne",
"beseenne#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "besēonne",
"links": [
[
"besēonne",
"beseonne#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "besēo",
"links": [
[
"besēo",
"beseo#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besæh",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besīs",
"links": [
[
"besīs",
"besis#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besē̆es",
"links": [
[
"besē̆es",
"besees#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besēge",
"links": [
[
"besēge",
"besege#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besīþ",
"links": [
[
"besīþ",
"besiþ#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "besē̆eþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "besæh",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "besēoþ",
"links": [
[
"besēoþ",
"beseoþ#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "besēgun",
"links": [
[
"besēgun",
"besegun#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "besēgon",
"links": [
[
"besēgon",
"besegon#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "besē̆e",
"links": [
[
"besē̆e",
"besee#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besēo",
"links": [
[
"besēo",
"beseo#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besēge",
"links": [
[
"besēge",
"besege#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besē̆en",
"links": [
[
"besē̆en",
"beseen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "besēon",
"links": [
[
"besēon",
"beseon#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "besēgen",
"links": [
[
"besēgen",
"besegen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "beseh",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "besēoþ",
"links": [
[
"besēoþ",
"beseoþ#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "besē̆ende",
"links": [
[
"besē̆ende",
"beseende#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "besēonde",
"links": [
[
"besēonde",
"beseonde#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "beseġen",
"links": [
[
"beseġen",
"besegen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "besēon"
},
"expansion": "besēon",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "besēon<s5>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "besēon<s5/infinitive:besēon/infinitive2:besē̆enne, besēonne/pres:besēo/prese:besē̆e, besēo/pres23:besī, besē̆e/presa:besēo/impsg:beseh/1sg_pres_indc:besēo/3sg_pres_indc:besīþ, *besē̆eþ/pp:beseġen>"
},
"name": "ang-conj-anglian"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\n...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...",
"translation": "Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.",
"roman": "Nān mann þe his hand āsett on his sulh and onbæc besihþ nis andfenġe Godes rīċe.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:62",
"translation": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Christ then looked up towards the rich man...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE\"\nCrist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...",
"translation": "Christ then looked up towards the rich man...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "...do not look at a woman's appearance...",
"text": "Early 11th c., Defensor's translation of Liber Scintillarum\n...nā besēoh þū on wīfes hiw...",
"translation": "...do not look at a woman's appearance...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to see or look about or around"
],
"links": [
[
"see",
"see"
],
[
"look",
"look"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, \"Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme.\" Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid ormǣtum stenċe, æfter andwerdnysse þǣs eġeslīċan gāstes.",
"translation": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to see, behold"
],
"links": [
[
"behold",
"behold"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to go to see, visit"
],
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"visit",
"visit"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to see to, care for, attend to, provide for"
],
"links": [
[
"care",
"care"
],
[
"attend",
"attend"
],
[
"provide",
"provide"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/beˈse͜oːn/"
}
],
"word": "beseon"
}
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