† i-sechev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To seek, seek for.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]
seekc888
aseekc1000
i-secheOE
huntc1175
to seek afterc1175
beseechc1200
fand?c1225
ofseche?c1225
to seek forc1250
atseekc1275
furiec1290
forseeka1300
outseekc1300
upseekc1315
to look after ——c1330
wait1340
laita1350
searchc1350
pursuea1382
ensearchc1384
to feel and findc1384
inseekc1384
looka1398
fraist?a1400
umseeka1400
require?c1400
walec1400
to look up1468
prowla1475
to see for ——c1485
to look for ——a1492
to have in the wind1540
sue1548
vent?1575
seek1616
explore1618
dacker1634
research1650
to see out for1683
quest1752
to see after ——1776
OE Beowulf 684 Gif he gesecean dear wig.
OE Genesis 1668 Þæs þe hie gesohton Sennera feld.
OE Christ & Satan 211 He oðer lif eft geseceð, fægere land þonne þeos folde seo.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 31 Þene preost he mot isechen þe hine acursede.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 145 Þa þohte hie þat hie hine ȝeseche wolde.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 741 Ich..bidde þat hi moten iseche Þan ilke song that ever is eche.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12491 Cesar i-sohte [c1300 Otho sohte] Bruttene mid baldere strengðe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4600 He hætte..alle his hæȝe men his hustigge isechen.
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