bisegen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- besegen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈseːd͡ʒən/
Verb
bisegen
- 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.
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