"seien" meaning in All languages combined

See seien on Wiktionary

Numeral [Basque]

Head templates: {{head|eu|numeral form}} seien
  1. genitive plural of sei Tags: form-of, genitive, plural Form of: sei
    Sense id: en-seien-eu-num-z28pom01 Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Catalan]

Head templates: {{head|ca|verb form}} seien
  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure Tags: form-of, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person Form of: seure
    Sense id: en-seien-ca-verb-kCtBjZ2c Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [German]

IPA: /ˈzaɪ̯ən/ Audio: De-seien.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} seien
  1. first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein Tags: first-person, form-of, plural, subjunctive-i, third-person Form of: sein
    Sense id: en-seien-de-verb-ydcu3KDG Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|seċġan|t=to say}} Old English seċġan (“to say”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*saggjan}} Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sagjaną}} Proto-Germanic *sagjaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} seien
  1. To say, that is:
    To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-sabTnpTZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 12 5 12 2 3 6 13 3 2 5 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 27 8 5 7 4 5 6 8 4 4 8 10 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 7 4 6 3 4 5 7 3 3 7 9 4
  2. To say, that is:
    To answer, to reply
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-cuR3m4vW
  3. To say, that is:
    To call, to name or define
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-4DXHuS5I
  4. To say, that is:
    To describe; to narrate
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-DHEQSS5S
  5. To say, that is:
    To mean, to intend to say
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-whpgcbej
  6. To say, that is:
    To teach or direct
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb--eUL3ABy
  7. To say, that is:
    (ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-ewJaK~2V Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
  8. To say, that is:
    (law) To affirm, to assert
    Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-QAB8MjQc Topics: law
  9. To say, that is:
    (law) To plead
    Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-eac-2Gps Topics: law
  10. (interjection) Say! Tags: interjection
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-XE3hBaAS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: saien, sain, saine, san, sæin, sæcgen, sæcgene, sæcgæn, sæcgan, sægen, sægenne, sæggen, sæggene, sayen, secgan, secgæn, secgon, secgen, secgene, secgenne, secȝende, sæcgenne, segen, seggen, seggon, seggane, segcean, seȝȝen, sein, seine, seigen, seiȝen, seiȝn, seuggen, seyen, seyn, sien, sigen, sucgen, sugen, suggen, ziggen, ziggene [Kent] Derived forms: durren seien, man seieth, nombren and seien, seien afore, biforen, seien alas, seien and holden, seien and singen, seien as to berken, seien aye, seien ayen, seien bodeword, seien chek, chek-mat, seien despit, seien lofword of, seien nai, seien of, on, unto, upon, seien ouen talent, seien saue, seien soth, to seien, withseien

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sǣġan}} Old English sǣġan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*saigijaną}} Proto-Germanic *saigijaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} seien
  1. To fall down, to sink
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-WbVVVh4~
  2. To go to
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-yqQlJ~3F
  3. (of time) To pass, to go by
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-fLDU8RvU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seȝen Derived forms: seien aslepe, seien doun, seien of lif
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Head templates: {{head|nb|noun form|g=m}} seien m
  1. definite singular of sei Tags: definite, form-of, masculine, singular Form of: sei

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Head templates: {{head|nn|nounf}} seien
  1. definite singular of sei Tags: definite, form-of, singular Form of: sei

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eu",
        "2": "numeral form"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "genitive plural of sei"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sei",
          "sei#Basque"
        ]
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        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "seure"
        }
      ],
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        "third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-ca-verb-kCtBjZ2c",
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        [
          "seure",
          "seure#Catalan"
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        "form-of",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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  ],
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}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sei‧en"
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "\"In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—\"",
          "ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:",
          "text": "\"Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-de-verb-ydcu3KDG",
      "links": [
        [
          "sein",
          "sein#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-seien.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/De-seien.ogg/De-seien.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-seien.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seihen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "durren seien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "man seieth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nombren and seien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien afore"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "biforen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien alas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien and holden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien and singen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien as to berken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien aye"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien ayen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien bodeword"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien chek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chek-mat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien despit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien lofword of"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien nai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien of"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "on"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien ouen talent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien saue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seien soth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "to seien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "withseien"
    }
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          "args": {
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            "2": "say"
          },
          "expansion": "English: say",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: say"
    },
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            "1": "sco",
            "2": "say",
            "3": "sa"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: say, sa"
    },
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          "expansion": "Yola: zey, zei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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        "t": "to say"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 12 5 12 2 3 6 13 3 2 5 13 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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          "_dis": "38 7 4 6 3 4 5 7 3 3 7 9 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-sabTnpTZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "extension",
          "extension"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To answer, to reply"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-cuR3m4vW",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "reply",
          "reply"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To call, to name or define"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-4DXHuS5I",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "define",
          "define"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To describe; to narrate"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-DHEQSS5S",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To mean, to intend to say"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-whpgcbej",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To teach or direct"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb--eUL3ABy",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To recite, to sing"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-ewJaK~2V",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "(ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ecclesiastical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "enm:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To affirm, to assert"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-QAB8MjQc",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "affirm",
          "affirm"
        ],
        [
          "assert",
          "assert"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "(law) To affirm, to assert"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "enm:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To plead"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-eac-2Gps",
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "plead",
          "plead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "(law) To plead"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Say!"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-XE3hBaAS",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interjection) Say!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interjection"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "san"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæcgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæcgene"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæcgæn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæcgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sægen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sægenne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæggene"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sayen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secgæn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secgon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secgene"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secgenne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secȝende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sæcgenne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "segen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seggon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seggane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "segcean"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seȝȝen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sein"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seigen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seiȝen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seiȝn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seuggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seyen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sigen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sucgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sugen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "suggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ziggen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Kent"
      ],
      "word": "ziggene"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "seien aslepe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "seien doun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "seien of lif"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sǣġan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sǣġan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*saigijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *saigijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fall down, to sink"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-WbVVVh4~",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To go to"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-yqQlJ~3F",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To pass, to go by"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-fLDU8RvU",
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) To pass, to go by"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "seȝen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "seien m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sei"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "definite singular of sei"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-nb-noun-gjOlMOnv",
      "links": [
        [
          "sei",
          "sei#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "nounf"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sei"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "definite singular of sei"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-nn-noun-gjOlMOnv",
      "links": [
        [
          "sei",
          "sei#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eu",
        "2": "numeral form"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
        "Basque non-lemma forms",
        "Basque numeral forms",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sei"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive plural of sei"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sei",
          "sei#Basque"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Catalan non-lemma forms",
        "Catalan verb forms",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "seure"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seure",
          "seure#Catalan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sei‧en"
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German non-lemma forms",
        "German terms with homophones",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German verb forms",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—\"",
          "ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:",
          "text": "\"Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sein"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sein",
          "sein#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-seien.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/De-seien.ogg/De-seien.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-seien.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seihen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "durren seien"
    },
    {
      "word": "man seieth"
    },
    {
      "word": "nombren and seien"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien afore"
    },
    {
      "word": "biforen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien alas"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien and holden"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien and singen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien as to berken"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien aye"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien ayen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien bodeword"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien chek"
    },
    {
      "word": "chek-mat"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien despit"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien lofword of"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien nai"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien of"
    },
    {
      "word": "on"
    },
    {
      "word": "unto"
    },
    {
      "word": "upon"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien ouen talent"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien saue"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien soth"
    },
    {
      "word": "to seien"
    },
    {
      "word": "withseien"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "say"
          },
          "expansion": "English: say",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: say"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "say",
            "3": "sa"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: say, sa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: say, sa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "zey",
            "3": "zei"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: zey, zei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: zey, zei"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "seċġan",
        "t": "to say"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English seċġan (“to say”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*saggjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *saggjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sagjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sagjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "extension",
          "extension"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To answer, to reply"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "reply",
          "reply"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To call, to name or define"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "define",
          "define"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To describe; to narrate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To mean, to intend to say"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To teach or direct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English ecclesiastical terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To recite, to sing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "(ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ecclesiastical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To affirm, to assert"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "affirm",
          "affirm"
        ],
        [
          "assert",
          "assert"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "(law) To affirm, to assert"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To plead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "plead",
          "plead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "(law) To plead"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Say!"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interjection) Say!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interjection"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "saien"
    },
    {
      "word": "sain"
    },
    {
      "word": "saine"
    },
    {
      "word": "san"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæin"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæcgen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæcgene"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæcgæn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæcgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "sægen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sægenne"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæggene"
    },
    {
      "word": "sayen"
    },
    {
      "word": "secgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "secgæn"
    },
    {
      "word": "secgon"
    },
    {
      "word": "secgen"
    },
    {
      "word": "secgene"
    },
    {
      "word": "secgenne"
    },
    {
      "word": "secȝende"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæcgenne"
    },
    {
      "word": "segen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seggon"
    },
    {
      "word": "seggane"
    },
    {
      "word": "segcean"
    },
    {
      "word": "seȝȝen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sein"
    },
    {
      "word": "seine"
    },
    {
      "word": "seigen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiȝen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiȝn"
    },
    {
      "word": "seuggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seyen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sien"
    },
    {
      "word": "sigen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sucgen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sugen"
    },
    {
      "word": "suggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "ziggen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kent"
      ],
      "word": "ziggene"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "seien aslepe"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien doun"
    },
    {
      "word": "seien of lif"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sǣġan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sǣġan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*saigijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *saigijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fall down, to sink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To go to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To pass, to go by"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) To pass, to go by"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seȝen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "seien m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål noun forms",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sei"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "definite singular of sei"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sei",
          "sei#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "nounf"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sei"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "definite singular of sei"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sei",
          "sei#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

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