"seo" meaning in Old English

See seo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Article

IPA: /se͜oː/ Forms: sēo [canonical, feminine]
Head templates: {{head|ang|article form|g=f|head=sēo}} sēo f
  1. nominative feminine singular of se: the Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, singular Form of: se (extra: the)
    Sense id: en-seo-ang-article-~Q4I87hq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sio, ðiu, ðio, ðyu, ðy — Northumbrian, siu, sie [Mercian], sia, syo, þeo
Etymology number: 1

Determiner

IPA: /se͜oː/ Forms: sēo [canonical, feminine]
Head templates: {{head|ang|determiner form|g=f|head=sēo}} sēo f
  1. nominative feminine singular of sē: that (agreeing with feminine nouns) Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, singular Form of: sē (extra: that (agreeing with feminine nouns))
    Sense id: en-seo-ang-det-MN2IqeIC Categories (other): Old English articles, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English articles: 24 39 15 22 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 19 52 12 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sio, ðiu, ðio, ðyu, ðy — Northumbrian, siu, sie [Mercian], sia, syo, þeo
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /se͜oː/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ (“pupil”). Akin to Old High German seha (“pupil”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sehwǭ||pupil}} Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ (“pupil”), {{cog|goh|seha||pupil}} Old High German seha (“pupil”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=sēo|head2=|sort=}} sēo f, {{ang-noun|f|head=sēo}} sēo f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|sēo|vowel=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sēo|sēon|sēon|sēon|sēon|sēona|sēon|sēom,sēoum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: sēo [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], sēo [nominative, singular], sēon [nominative, plural], sēon [accusative, singular], sēon [accusative, plural], sēon [genitive, singular], sēona [genitive, plural], sēon [dative, singular], sēom [dative, plural], sēoum [dative, plural]
  1. pupil (of the eye)
    Sense id: en-seo-ang-noun-KENDHLqY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /se͜oː/ Forms: sēo [canonical, feminine]
Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun form|g=f|head=sēo}} sēo f
  1. nominative feminine singular of sē: she, that one Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, singular Form of: sē (extra: she, that one)
    Sense id: en-seo-ang-pron-sH71KO6u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sio, ðiu, ðio, ðyu, ðy — Northumbrian, siu, sie [Mercian], sia, syo, þeo
Etymology number: 1
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sehwǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pupil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ (“pupil”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "seha",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pupil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German seha (“pupil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ (“pupil”). Akin to Old High German seha (“pupil”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sēo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēoum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "sēo",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sēo f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "sēo"
      },
      "expansion": "sēo f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sēo",
        "vowel": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sēo",
        "2": "sēon",
        "3": "sēon",
        "4": "sēon",
        "5": "sēon",
        "6": "sēona",
        "7": "sēon",
        "8": "sēom,sēoum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pupil (of the eye)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pupil",
          "pupil"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/se͜oː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seo"
}

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