secan

secan

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of secar

secan

1. third-person plural present indicative of secar

• sœ̄ċan, sēċean

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“track down, seek out”).

Cognate with Old Frisian sēka (West Frisian sykje), Old Saxon sōkian (Low German sooken), Dutch zoeken, Old High German suohhen (German suchen), Old Norse sǿkja (Swedish söka), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan); and with Latin sagiō (“sense by smell”), Albanian shikoj (“to see, observe, look for”), Old Irish saigid (“seek”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.t͡ʃɑn/

sēċan

1. to look for, seek

   Hwæt sēcst þū?

   What are you looking for?

   Iċ sōhte rǣd æt mīnum fæder.

   I sought advice from my father.

   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     sōhte seledrēoriġ · sinces bryttan,
     hwǣr iċ feor oþþe nēah · findan meahte
     þone þe in meoduhealle · mīne wisse

     sought hall-sad a giver of treasure,
     where I far or near could find
     who in a mead-hall would know my men

2. to visit
3. to attack (especially by an organized group or a military force)

• Middle English: seken
  • English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
  • Scots: seek
  • Yola: zeek

secan

1. third-person plural present indicative of secar