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CEÓSAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §32; §44; §47; §106; §111; §135; §137; §138; §158; §159; §172; §173; §174; §215; §226; §232; §239; §252; §279; §305; §306; §307; §309; §311; §472; §475; §482; §484; §486; §494;
to CHOOSE, select, elect; legere, seligere, eligere
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  • Ðæt hí woldon óðerra wera ceósan

    that they would make a choice of other husbands,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 32, 32
      • .

  • He héht him wine ceósan

    he commanded him to choose friends,

    • Cd. 90
      • ;
    • Th. 112, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1867: Runic pm. 29
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 345, 15
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135
      • .

  • Drihten ðé císt

    the lord will choose thee,

    • Deut. 28, 9
      • .

  • Hí leófne ceósaþ ofer woruldwélan

    they choose the beloved above worldly wealth,

    • Exon. 62b
      • ;
    • Th. 230, 29
      • ;
    • Ph. 479
      • .

  • Bebodu ðíne ic ceás

    mandata tua elegi,

    • Ps. Spl. 118, 173
      • .

  • Hér Eádgár, Engla cyning, ceás him óðer leóht, and ðis wáce forlét líf here, A. D. 975,

    Edgar, king of the Angles, chose him another light, and left this frail life,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 124, 30
      • ;
    • Edg. 22: 1041
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 10
      • .

  • Ǽfæste men him ðá wíc cnron

    the pious men chose them a dwelling there,

    • Cd. 86
      • ;
    • Th. 108, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 1803: Andr. Kmbl. 808
      • ;
    • An. 404
      • .

  • Ceós ðé geféran and feoht ongén Amalech

    elige viros et pugna contra Amalec,

    • Ex. 17, 9: Deut. 17, 15
      • .

  • Ðæt ic neóbed ceóse

    that I may choose a death-bed,

    • Exon. 63b
      • ;
    • Th. 235, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 553
      • .

  • Ðæt se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man

    ut provideat rex virum sapientem,

    • Gen. 41, 33: Ps. Th. 105, 5
      • .

  • Ceósan us eard in wuldre

    may we choose us a dwelling in glory,

    • Cd. 217
      • ;
    • Th. 277, 14
      • ;
    • Sat. 204
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  • Ðæt he óðer líf cure

    that he chose another life,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 638, 6
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  • Ǽr he bǽl cure

    ere he chose the funeral pile,

    • Beo. Th. 5629
      • ;
    • B. 2818: Exon. 100a
      • ;
    • Th. 376, 20
      • ;
    • Seel. 157
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  • Ðæt hí him cyning curan

    ut regem sibi eligerent,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 22
      • .

  • Ðéh ðe fell curen synnigra cynn

    though the race of sinners chose death,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3217
      • ;
    • An. 1611
      • .
to accept by choice or what is offered, to accept; oblatum accipere, accipere
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  • Ðæt he ðone cynedóm ciósan wolde

    that he would accept the kingdom,

    • Beo. Th. 4742
      • ;
    • B. 2376
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  • Hie curon æðelinges ést

    they accepted the chieftain's bounty,

    • Cd. 112
      • ;
    • Th. 147, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 2442
      • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. Piers P. Chauc. R. Glouc. chese:
Laym. cheosen:
Orm. chesenn:
Plat. kösen, kören:
O. Sax. kiosan, keosan:
Frs. kiezjen, tziezjen:
O. Frs. kiasa, tziesa:
Dut. kiezen:
Ger. kiesen:
M. H. Ger. kiusen, kiesen:
O. H. Ger. kiusan, kiosan:
Goth. kiusan:
Dan. keise:
Icel. kjósa:
Lat. gustare:
Grk. γεύω:
Sansk. jush to like, be fond of, choose.
]
Derived forms
a-ceósan, forþ-, ge-, on-, wið-, wiðer-
Linked entries
v.  a-coren ge-ceósan curon ceósung ciósan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CEÓSAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6060.

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