seer

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English seere, equivalent to see +‎ -er (agent suffix).

Noun

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seer (plural seers)

  1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185:
      "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."
  2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.
    • 1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140:
      As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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See sihr.

Noun

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seer (plural seers)

  1. Alternative form of sihr

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (sored, injured), from Proto-West Germanic *sair. Cognate with German sehr.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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seer

  1. very
    Hät mi seer gfroit, Sii kännezlärne.
    It was very nice to meet (polite) you.
    (literally, “(It) gladdened me very to get to know (polite) you.”)

Synonyms

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Danish

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Etymology

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From se (to see) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

  1. viewer (someone who watches television)
  2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Further reading

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Adjective

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sêer

  1. painful, sore
  2. sick
Inflection
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Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite sêer sêre sêer sêre
Definite sêre sêre
Accusative Indefinite sêren sêre sêer sêre
Definite sêre
Genitive Indefinite sêers sêerre sêers sêerre
Definite sêers, sêren sêers, sêren
Dative sêren sêerre sêren sêren
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Dutch: zeer

Etymology 2

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From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Noun

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sêer n

  1. pain, ache
  2. sorrow, emotional pain
Inflection
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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seer

  1. Alternative form of sere (dry)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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seer

  1. Alternative form of sere (differing)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From se +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)

  1. (TV) a viewer
  2. a seer, prophet

References

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin sedēre (to sit). As time passed, it merged with ser (to be), from Latin sum (to be).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /se.ˈeɾ/, [s̺e.ˈeɾ]

Verb

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seer

  1. to be

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin sedēre (to sit). As time passed, it merged with ser (to be), from Latin sum (to be).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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seer

  1. to be
    • between 1178-1250, Anonymous, Libro de Alexandre :
      Si souieres quedado serás sano ayna
      (normalized) Si sovieres quedado, serás sano aína
      Should you be resting, you will be sound rapidly
    • between 1246-1252, Gonzalo de Berceo, The Miracles of Our Lady :
      (normalized) Plegó a Sant Fagunt, quemó una partida, fue cerca de la media de Carrïón ardida; por poco fuera toda Frómesta consumida
      It arrived at Sahagún, burned part of it, about half of Carrión de los Condes was burned down, and all of Frómista almost had been consumed
    • 1250, Anonymous, Pre-Alphonsian Bible E6 Mark.13.22:
      e farã ſignos é marauillas pora engannar los eſcogidos ſi ſeer puede
      (normalized) E farán signos e maravillas pora engañar los escogidos si seer puede
      And they shall make signs and wonders to trick the elect if it can be (=if it's possible)
    • between 1436-1439, Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega (Marqués de Santillana), Serranilla VII :
      (normalized) [...] la ví tan graciosa, que apenas creyera que fuesse vaquera de la Finojosa ("fuesse" = "fuese")
      [...] she appeared so beautiful in my view, that I could scarcely believe she was just a cowgirl from La Finojosa
  2. to remain/sit
    • 9th century, Anonymous, Glosas Emilianenses :
      in domo tua manes (tu siedes)
      [in Latin] you sit/remain at home, [in Old Spanish, glossing Latin manēs ‘you remain’] you sit/remain
    • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 1001:
      Las armas auien presas & sedien sobre los cauallos
      They had taken up arms and were sitting on their horses
    • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 3118:
      Sed en ũtro eſcaño com̃o Rey a ſeñor
      (normalized) Sed en vuestro escaño, como rey a señor
      Sit on your chair, as a king [overlooking] a lord

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: ser (in part)

See also

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