"ceosan" meaning in Old English

See ceosan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.sɑn/, [ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.zɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“taste, choose”). Cognate with Old Frisian kiāsa, Old Saxon kiosan, Old High German kiosan, Old Norse kjósa, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Latin gustus (“taste”), Albanian desha (“chosen”). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*ǵews-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*keusan}} Proto-West Germanic *keusan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*keusaną}} Proto-Germanic *keusaną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*ǵews-||taste, choose}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“taste, choose”), {{cog|ofs|kiāsa}} Old Frisian kiāsa, {{cog|osx|kiosan}} Old Saxon kiosan, {{cog|goh|kiosan}} Old High German kiosan, {{cog|non|kjósa}} Old Norse kjósa, {{cog|got|𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan), {{cog|la|gustus||taste}} Latin gustus (“taste”), {{cog|sq|desha||chosen}} Albanian desha (“chosen”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|ċēosan}} ċēosan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ċēosan<s2v>}} Forms: ċēosan [canonical], strong [table-tags], ċēosan [infinitive], ċēosenne [infinitive], ċēose [first-person, present, singular], ċēas [first-person, past, singular], ċīest [present, second-person, singular], cure [past, second-person, singular], ċīest [present, singular, third-person], ċēas [past, singular, third-person], ċēosaþ [plural, present], curon [past, plural], ċēose [present, singular], cure [past, singular], ċēosen [plural, present], curen [past, plural], ċēos [imperative, past, present, singular], ċēosaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ċēosende [imperative, present], coren [imperative, past], ġecoren [imperative, past]
  1. to choose, select
    Sense id: en-ceosan-ang-verb-TIdFPwGX
  2. to elect
    Sense id: en-ceosan-ang-verb-6ofix1UJ
  3. to accept
    Sense id: en-ceosan-ang-verb-MO--w0UJ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English verbs with Verner alternation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 62 Disambiguation of Old English verbs with Verner alternation: 26 14 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 21 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 16 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: āċēosan, forþċēosan, ġeċēosan, onċēosan, wiþċēosan, wiþerċēosan Related terms: ċīes Coordinate_terms: cyre (english: choice)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "choice",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āċēosan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forþċēosan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġeċēosan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onċēosan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wiþċēosan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wiþerċēosan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "chesen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: chesen, chees, cheese, cheesen, chese, chesyn, cheose, cheys, chiese, chiesen, chyese, chose, chuse, cesen, cheosen\nEnglish: choose\nScots: chuise, cheese",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: chesen, chees, cheese, cheesen, chese, chesyn, cheose, cheys, chiese, chiesen, chyese, chose, chuse, cesen, cheosen\nEnglish: choose\nScots: chuise, cheese"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "kiāsa"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "chosen"
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    }
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        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ċēosan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēosenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ċīest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēosaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ċēose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "curen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ċēos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēosende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecoren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ċēosan<s2v>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ċīes"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "to choose, select"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to elect"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceosan-ang-verb-6ofix1UJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "elect",
          "elect"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "26 14 60",
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          "name": "Old English verbs with Verner alternation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 21 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 16 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to accept"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceosan-ang-verb-MO--w0UJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.sɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.zɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceosan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵews-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Old English verbs with Verner alternation",
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      "english": "choice",
      "word": "cyre"
    }
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      "word": "āċēosan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forþċēosan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeċēosan"
    },
    {
      "word": "onċēosan"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiþċēosan"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiþerċēosan"
    }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: chesen, chees, cheese, cheesen, chese, chesyn, cheose, cheys, chiese, chiesen, chyese, chose, chuse, cesen, cheosen\nEnglish: choose\nScots: chuise, cheese"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "form": "ċēosan",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "ċēosenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ċēose",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "cure",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ċēas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ċēosaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ċēosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "curen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēosaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēosende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecoren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ċēosan"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċēosan<s2v>"
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "ċīes"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to choose, select"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to elect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elect",
          "elect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to accept"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.sɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.zɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceosan"
}

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