Infinitive
Participles
| Present | sekende |
| Past | sought |
Indicative
Past
| 1st sing. | sought |
| 3rd sing. | sought |
Imperative
Verbs conjugated like seken
seken,
Etymology
From Old English sēċan, From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*sōkijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-14.
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Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
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And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
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To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
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Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
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And palmers to go seeking out strange strands, (To distant shrines well known in distant lands.)
Cognates
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