bisegen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• besegen

Etymology

bi- +‎ segen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈseːd͡ʒən/

Verb

bisegen

1. besiege
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “2 Paralipomenon 6:28”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     If hungur riſiþ in þe lond and peſtilence and ruſt and wynd diſtriynge cornes and a locuste and bꝛuke comeþ and if enemyes biſegen þe ȝatis of þe citee aftir þat þe cuntreis ben diſtried and al veniaunce and ſikenesse oppꝛeſſiþ […]

     If hunger rises in the land, and pestilence, rust, wind, destroying grain, and locusts and their young come, and if enemies besiege a city's gates after the city's surrounds are ruined, and when any destruction and disease oppresses (people) […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bisegen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) bisegen, bisege
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bisege	biseged
2nd-person singular	bisegest	bisegedest
3rd-person singular	bisegeth	biseged
subjunctive singular	bisege
imperative singular		—
plural1	bisegen, bisege	bisegeden, bisegede
imperative plural	bisegeth, bisege	—
participles	bisegynge, bisegende	biseged, ybiseged

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

Descendants

• English: besiege

References

• “bisēǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.