seisen

Japanese

Romanization

seisen

1. Rōmaji transcription of せいせん

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sesen, saisen, sezen, seasen, seysen, seise, sayse, seyse

Etymology

From Old French seisir, from Frankish *sakjan, from Proto-Germanic *sakjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæi̯zən/, /ˈsɛːzən/

Verb

seisen

1. (transitive) To kidnap, abduct, or take captive.
2. (transitive) To grasp or snatch.
3. (ambitransitive) To seize, take, confiscate.
4. (ambitransitive) To grant ownership; to entitle.
5. (ambitransitive, rare) To put, set.

Conjugation

Conjugation of seisen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) seisen, seise
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	seise	seised
2nd-person singular	seisest	seisedest
3rd-person singular	seiseth	seised
subjunctive singular	seise
imperative singular		—
plural1	seisen, seise	seiseden, seisede
imperative plural	seiseth, seise	—
participles	seisynge, seisende	seised, yseised

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: seize, seise
• Scots: seize

References

• “seisen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Adjective

seisen m (feminine singular seisena, masculine plural seisens, feminine plural seisenas) (Languedoc)

Occitan ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : sièis     Ordinal : seisen

1. sixth

   Synonym: sèxt

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 554.