"seien" meaning in Middle English

See seien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsæi̯ən/, /ˈsɛd͡ʒən/
Etymology: From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną. The pronunciation with /æi̯/ is from generalization of Old English inflected forms with the stem sæġ-, whereas the pronunciation with /d͡ʒ/ is from inflected forms with the stem seċġ-. 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 Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|sei|c=de|y=1}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], seien [infinitive], to seien [infinitive], seie [infinitive], seie [first-person, present, singular], seide [first-person, past, singular], seiest [present, second-person, singular], seidest [past, second-person, singular], seieth [present, singular, third-person], seide [past, singular, third-person], seie [present, singular, subjunctive], seide [past, singular, subjunctive], seie [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], seien [plural, present], seie [plural, present], seiden [past, plural], seide [past, plural], seieth [imperative, plural, present], seie [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], seiynge [participle, present], seiende [participle, present], seid [participle, past], yseid [participle, past], saien [alternative], sain [alternative], saine [alternative], san [alternative], sæin [alternative], sæcgen [alternative], sæcgene [alternative], sæcgæn [alternative], sæcgan [alternative], sægen [alternative], sægenne [alternative], sæggen [alternative], sæggene [alternative], sayen [alternative], secgan [alternative], secgæn [alternative], secgon [alternative], secgen [alternative], secgene [alternative], secgenne [alternative], secȝende [alternative], sæcgenne [alternative], segen [alternative], seggen [alternative], seggon [alternative], seggane [alternative], segcean [alternative], seȝȝen [alternative], seggen [alternative], sein [alternative], seine [alternative], seigen [alternative], seiȝen [alternative], seiȝn [alternative], seuggen [alternative], seyen [alternative], seyn [alternative], sien [alternative], sigen [alternative], sucgen [alternative], sugen [alternative], suggen [alternative], ziggen [alternative, Kent], ziggene [alternative, Kent]
  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, Middle English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 18 5 5 4 4 4 4 9 8 17 8 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 4 4 3 3 3 3 7 6 24 6 7 3
  2. To say, that is:
    To answer, to reply
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-cuR3m4vW Categories (other): Middle English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14
  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
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-QAB8MjQc Categories (other): Law, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14 Topics: law
  9. To say, that is:
    (law) To plead
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-eac-2Gps Categories (other): Law, Middle English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14 Topics: law
  10. (interjection) Say! Tags: interjection
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-XE3hBaAS Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 18 5 5 4 4 4 4 9 8 17 8 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 4 4 3 3 3 3 7 6 24 6 7 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 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

IPA: /ˈsæi̯ən/
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 Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|sei|c=de|y=1}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], seien [infinitive], to seien [infinitive], seie [infinitive], seie [first-person, present, singular], seide [first-person, past, singular], seiest [present, second-person, singular], seidest [past, second-person, singular], seieth [present, singular, third-person], seide [past, singular, third-person], seie [present, singular, subjunctive], seide [past, singular, subjunctive], seie [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], seien [plural, present], seie [plural, present], seiden [past, plural], seide [past, plural], seieth [imperative, plural, present], seie [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], seiynge [participle, present], seiende [participle, present], seid [participle, past], yseid [participle, past], seȝen [alternative]
  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 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4
  3. (of time) To pass, to go by
    Sense id: en-seien-enm-verb-fLDU8RvU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: seien aslepe, seien doun, seien of lif
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

{
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "say"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "say"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "sa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "zey"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "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. The pronunciation with /æi̯/ is from generalization of Old English inflected forms with the stem sæġ-, whereas the pronunciation with /d͡ʒ/ is from inflected forms with the stem seċġ-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seidest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yseid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saine",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "san",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgæn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sægen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sægenne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæggene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sayen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgæn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgenne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secȝende",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgenne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "segen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggane",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "segcean",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seȝȝen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seine",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seigen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiȝen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiȝn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seuggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seyen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sucgen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sugen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziggene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sei",
        "c": "de",
        "y": "1"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 5 4 4 4 4 9 8 17 8 10 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 4 4 3 3 3 3 7 6 24 6 7 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
        ],
        [
          "ecclesiastical",
          "ecclesiastical#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "(ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ecclesiastical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "enm:Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "enm:Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 6 8 5 6 6 13 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 5 4 4 4 4 9 8 17 8 10 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 4 4 3 3 3 3 7 6 24 6 7 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Say!"
      ],
      "id": "en-seien-enm-verb-XE3hBaAS",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interjection) Say!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interjection"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛd͡ʒən/"
    }
  ],
  "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,
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      "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seidest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yseid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seȝen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "seien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sei",
        "c": "de",
        "y": "1"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "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"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 8 6 6 3 3 4 12 7 11 6 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæi̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}
{
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English links with redundant wikilinks",
    "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",
    "Middle English weak 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": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "say"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "say"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "sa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "zey"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "zei"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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"
      },
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      "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. The pronunciation with /æi̯/ is from generalization of Old English inflected forms with the stem sæġ-, whereas the pronunciation with /d͡ʒ/ is from inflected forms with the stem seċġ-.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seidest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yseid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saine",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "san",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgæn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sægen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sægenne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæggene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sayen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgæn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secgenne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "secȝende",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sæcgenne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "segen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggane",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "segcean",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seȝȝen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sein",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "seine",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seigen",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "seiȝen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "seiȝn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seuggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "seyen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sucgen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sugen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziggen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziggene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "c": "de",
        "y": "1"
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)"
      ],
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        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
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          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
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          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "extension",
          "extension"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To answer, to reply"
      ],
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        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "reply",
          "reply"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To call, to name or define"
      ],
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        [
          "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"
      ],
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        [
          "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"
        ],
        [
          "ecclesiastical",
          "ecclesiastical#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "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"
      ],
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        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
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          "affirm",
          "affirm"
        ],
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          "assert"
        ]
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        "To say, that is:",
        "(law) To affirm, to assert"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say, that is:",
        "To plead"
      ],
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        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
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          "plead",
          "plead"
        ]
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        "To say, that is:",
        "(law) To plead"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Say!"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interjection) Say!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interjection"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛd͡ʒən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
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    {
      "word": "seien aslepe"
    },
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      "word": "seien doun"
    },
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      "word": "seien of lif"
    }
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        "2": "ang",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*saigijaną"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "seien",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seidest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seide",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yseid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seȝen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "verb"
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        "c": "de",
        "y": "1"
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    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæi̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seien"
}

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