"seken" meaning in Middle English

See seken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: seketh [present, singular, third-person], sekende [participle, present], sought [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person]
Etymology: From Old English sēċan, From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sēċan}} Old English sēċan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sōkijan}} Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sōkijaną}} Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} seken, {{enm-verb|seketh|sekende|sought}} seken (third-person singular simple present seketh, present participle sekende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sought)
  1. to seek
    Sense id: en-seken-enm-verb-QvwzKP-j Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Synonyms: sech, seche, secche, sheche, shechen, seichen, siech, sieche, siechen, siche, such, suche, sek, seke, ceken, seik, seike, sieke, sike, zech, zeche, zechen [Kent], sæcan, secan, secen, siec, sæche, sechan, sechien, sechon, scechen [Early-Middle-English]

Alternative forms

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