seman

See also: Seman and semán

Asturian

Verb

seman

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of semar

Middle English

Noun

seman

1. Alternative form of seeman

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną. Cognate with Old Norse sœma (whence English seem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.mɑn/

Verb

sēman

1. (with accusative of person) to bring to agreement, satisfy
2. (with accusative of thing) to settle a dispute
3. (intransitive) to arbitrate, bring about agreement

Conjugation

Conjugation of sēman (weak class 1)

infinitive	sēman	sēmenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sēme	sēmde
second person singular	sēmest, sēmst	sēmdest
third person singular	sēmeþ, sēmþ	sēmde
plural	sēmaþ	sēmdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sēme	sēmde
plural	sēmen	sēmden
imperative
singular	sēm
plural	sēmaþ
participle	present	past
	sēmende	(ġe)sēmed

Derived terms

• ġesēman
• sēma
• sēmend

Descendants

• Middle English: semen, seme, semi

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sēman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.