geseon

Etymology
From. Equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1) to see
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- ...þāra þe wit ǣr ne ġesāwon.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
 * "ang"

- On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.


 * 1) * c. 897,, translation of Pope Gregory's 
 * "ang"

- Hēr man mæġ ġīet ġesēon heora swaðu, ac wē him ne cunnon æfter spyrian.


 * 1) to appear, look
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
 * "ang"

- Lytel he wæs ðær gesewen, ac ðeah-hwæðere he wæs swiðe micel and ormæte. Lytel he wæs gesewen, forðan ðe he wolde gefeccan þa lytlan, and gebringan up to his rice.""

Usage notes

 * "To look" as in "to appear" is rendered with the phrase "to be seen": Lȳtel hē wæs ġesewen  (“He looked small,” literally “he was seen small”), Iċ þē ġehāte þæt hit swā nis swā hit ġesewen is! (“I promise you, it's not what it looks like!”, literally “it's not how it's seen ”). Sometimes the pronoun is used in this function: Man ġeseah swelċe ān fȳren hring norðan cōme (“It looked like a ring of fire was coming from the north”).