gesiene

Old English

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Alternative forms

ġesēne, ġesīne, ġisēne — Anglian
ġesȳne — Late West Saxon

Etymology

ġe- +‎ -sīene. Second element from earlier *-sēanī or *-seahnī.^[1]^[2] Further etymology uncertain. Some seemingly derived forms may instead reflect Proto-West Germanic *-siunī or Proto-West Germanic *-sānī; cf. Old High German ougsiuni (“visible to the eye”), but also Old High German seltsāni (“rarely seen, strange”).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈsi͜yː.ne/

Adjective

ġesīene

visible
Synonym: ġesewen
evident, manifest, apparent
Synonym: sweotol
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
  ...and hē sōna ġesund sylf upp ārās, swā ðæt hit næs ġesēne hweðer hē sēoc wǣre.
  ...and he immediately rose up safe by himself, so that it was not apparent that he had been sick.
(Northumbrian) past participle of ġesēon

Declension

Declension of ġesīene — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġesīene	ġesīenu, ġesīeno	ġesīene
Accusative	ġesīenne	ġesīene	ġesīene
Genitive	ġesīenes	ġesīenre	ġesīenes
Dative	ġesīenum	ġesīenre	ġesīenum
Instrumental	ġesīene	ġesīenre	ġesīene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġesīene	ġesīena, ġesīene	ġesīenu, ġesīeno
Accusative	ġesīene	ġesīena, ġesīene	ġesīenu, ġesīeno
Genitive	ġesīenra	ġesīenra	ġesīenra
Dative	ġesīenum	ġesīenum	ġesīenum
Instrumental	ġesīenum	ġesīenum	ġesīenum

Declension of ġesīene — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġesīena	ġesīene	ġesīene
Accusative	ġesīenan	ġesīenan	ġesīene
Genitive	ġesīenan	ġesīenan	ġesīenan
Dative	ġesīenan	ġesīenan	ġesīenan
Instrumental	ġesīenan	ġesīenan	ġesīenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġesīenan	ġesīenan	ġesīenan
Accusative	ġesīenan	ġesīenan	ġesīenan
Genitive	ġesīenra, ġesīenena	ġesīenra, ġesīenena	ġesīenra, ġesīenena
Dative	ġesīenum	ġesīenum	ġesīenum
Instrumental	ġesīenum	ġesīenum	ġesīenum

Derived terms

eagsīene (“visible to the eye”)
forþġesīene (“visible”)
ġesīenelīċ (“visible”)
īeþġesīene (“easy to see”)
onsīene (“visible”)
sċearpsīene (“sharpsighted”)
seldsīene (“rarely seen, strange”)
þurhsīene (“transparent”)
unġesīene (“invisible”)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306
^ Hogg, Richard (2011), A Grammar of Old English, Volume I: Phonology, →ISBN, page 169
^ Rosemarie Lühr, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen VII, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, s. v. 'ougsiuni' (2017)[1], 'seltsâni' (2021)[2]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-síne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306

[2] Hogg, Richard (2011), A Grammar of Old English, Volume I: Phonology, →ISBN, page 169

[3] Rosemarie Lühr, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen VII, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, s. v. 'ougsiuni' (2017)[1], 'seltsâni' (2021)[2]

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