† ofseev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To see, perceive by sight, catch sight of, observe.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
to see with (also at) eyeOE
yseeOE
bihowec1000
ofseeOE
thorough-seeOE
beholdc1175
bihedec1275
heedc1275
witec1320
conceivea1398
observe1560
view?1570
eye1582
oculate1609
survey1615
snilch1676
deek1825
peep1954
OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 49 Ða ofseah he ænne geongne man.
OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xvi. 7 Þa ofsea[h] hi Godes engel.
c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 61 Þa ofseah he sumne mon ðe wæs blind acenned.
?a1300 Fox & Wolf 10 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 25 (MED) He strok swiþe ouer-al, So þat he ofsei ane wal.
c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1288 Vnder a faire medle tre, Þat sire Beues gan of-see.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 49 (MED) Þanne of-saw he ful sone þat semliche child.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3904 (MED) Þat host of Sarasyns he of-seȝ, Houynge on a mede.
a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 4784 (MED) Þo þe kyng þis of syȝh, Jn heorte he hadde ioye.
a1450 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Caius) l. 1731 + 5 (MED) Sere Grandeer B. offseyȝ As he rood on an hyl an heyȝ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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