ceosan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“taste, choose”). Cognate with Old Frisian kiāsa (West Frisian kieze), Old Saxon kiosan (Low German kesen), Dutch kiezen, Old High German kiosan, chiosan (German kiesen), Old Norse kjósa (Danish kyse, Icelandic kjósa), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Latin gustus (“taste”), Albanian desha (“chosen”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʃeːozɑn/

Verb

ċēosan

to choose; select; elect
to accept

Conjugation

Conjugation of ċēosan (strong class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	ċēosan	tō ċēosenne
1st-person singular	ċēose	ċēas
2nd-person singular	ċīesest	cure
3rd-person singular	ċīeseþ	ċēas
plural	ċēosaþ	curon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ċēose	cure
plural	ċēosen	curen
imperative
singular	ċēos
plural	ċēosaþ
participle	present	past
	ċēosende	(ġe)coren

Derived terms

āċēosan
forþċēosan
ġeċēosan
onċēosan
wiþċēosan
wiþerċēosan

Descendants

Middle English: chesen, chosen
- English: choose
- Scots: chese, chose

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