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語源

From 古期英語 sēċan, From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.

動詞

seken (third-person singular simple present seketh, present participle sekende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle soughtaccel-form=1//3|s|past|ind)

1. to seek
   • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-14.

     Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
     And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
     To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;

     Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
     And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
     To distant shrines well known in distant lands.

派生した語

• English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
• Scots: seek
• Yola: zeek

参照

• “sẹ̄chen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.