See

SEE, v. and sb. Var. dial. forms and uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amer. [sī, w.Cy. zī.] I. v. Gram. forms.

1. Preterite: (1) Sa, (2) Saa, (3) Sagh, (4) Saigh, (5) Sawed, (6) See, (7) Seed, (8) Seen, (9) Seigh, (10) Sen, (11) Sew, (12) Seyd, (13) Sid, (14) Sin, (15) So, (16) Zade, (17) Zee, (18) Zeed, (19) Zeen, (20) Zid, (21) Zin. (1) w.Yks.1 I sa nay mander a good it did her efter au, ii. 290. Der.1 Obs. (2) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 207. Wm. The last thing I saa was the smook, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 114, ed. 1821. n.Lan.1, Ess.1 (3) w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703). (4) w.Yks. Watson Hist. Hlfx. (1775) 545. Lan. I saigh two rott'n pynots, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 144. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). (5) Nhp.1 (6) w.Yks.1 s.Stf. Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Lei.1, Nhp.1, War.2 War.3 War.4, s.War.1 Shr.1 Gram. Outlines, 53. Brks.1, Hnt. (T.P.F.) Suf. The beautifullest lady you ever see, Fison Merry Suf. (1899) 25. Ess. (W.W.S.), Ken.1 Ken.2, Sur.1, Sus.1 Wil. I see you coming up the path, Tennant Vill. Notes (1900) 6. n.Wil. (E.H.G.) [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 277.] (7) Sc. Used only by the lowest classes (Jam. Suppl.). Ayr. Sometime when nae ane see'd him, Burns Halloween (1785) st. 17. Rxb. I seed him dae it, Dibdin Border Life (1897) 89. Dwn. A... seed a sicht that wud hae scaur'd a sowl o' flint, Savage-Armstrong Ballads (1901) 197. Nhb.1, Dur.1 Cum. I seed thee last night, Anderson Ballads (1805) 101; Cum.4 Wm. He seed 'et he cuddent succeed, Blezard Sngs. (1848) 34. ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 Introd. 38. w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2, Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1 Midl. Once I seed him get on his legs at the Plough, Bartram People of Clopton (1897) 54. Chs.1 s.Stf. Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Der.1, nw.Der.1, Not. (J.H.B.), Not.2, Lin.1, n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1, War.2 Shr.1 Gram. Outlines, 53; Shr.2, Glo.1, Oxf. (G.O.) Brks. Oh, I seed you wasn't old enough to be doin' for yourself like, Hughes T. Brown Oxf. (1861) xxxii. Lon. Baumann Londinismen (1887). Nrf. There I seed a great square building, Spilling Giles (1872) 6. Suf. Such a beautiful writer you never see'd, Betham-Edwards Lord of Harvest (1899) 155. Ken.1 Sur. I never seed any good come by poöst yet, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) I. i. Sus. I seed him standing by the monument, Blackmore Springhaven (1887) v. Hmp. (H.C.M.B.) n.Wil. Darned if I ever seed such a crooked picter of a house! Jefferies Amaryllis (1887) 258. Dor. Longman's Mag. (Apr. 1900) 527. w.Som.1 Dev. I seed a boat, Norway Parson Peter (1900) 136. Cor.1 Cor.3 [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 376.] (8) Sc. Dod aye, I seen him hanged, Glasgow Herald (Apr. 3, 1899). Gall. (A.W.) Ir. She that seen it took, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 107. Ant. I seen poor Denny's daughter, O'Neill Glens (1900) 22. Don. I seen ye, MacManus Bend of Road (1898) 220. Mun. No person seen her, Barry Wizard's Knot (1901) 111. n.Yks.1, I.Ma. (S.M.) s.Stf. Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Lei.1, Nhp.1, Glo.1 Brks. I seen em, Hughes T. Brown Oxf. (1861) xxiii. Nrf. I heerd it an' seen it as plain as daylight, Forbes Odd Fish (1901)
2. s.Hmp. I seen her out o' winder, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xxviii. n.Wil. (E.H.G.) s.Dev. Her seen a spreet, Longman's Mag. (1901) 50. [Amer. He never seen 'em till yestiddy before, Westcott David Harum 1900 i.] (9) Ess. When father seigh us walkin' together, Heygate Poems (1870) 187. (10) s.Not. A niver sen it afore (J.P.K.). (11) n.Lin.1 I sew the deäd biffs oot on th' peär-tree. (12) m.Yks.1 Introd. 38. s.Chs.1 83. (13) Lan. Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 60. War.2 I sid him isterday. Shr.1 Gram. Outlines, 53. Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). w.Cy. (Hall.) (14) Lan. Yo sin us aw, Ormerod Felley fro Rachde (ed. 1864) Pref. 7. War.2, Glo.1, Oxf.1, Sus. (F.E.) (15) Nhb.1 (16) Dev. 'Ees chastnut bey the weydiest yoü ever zade, Ford Larramys (1897) 121. (17) Brks.1 (18) Hrf.2, Brks.1 Sus. I zeed the stars go out one arter t'other, Davies Athirt Downs (1901) 85. Hmp. (H.C.M.B.) Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). Som. You never zeed sich a sight o' folk, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) i. w.Som.1 Dev. I zeed t'light i' the casement, Longman's Mag. (Dec. 1896) 155. (19) w.Cy. I zeen squire and passon, Cornh. Mag. (Apr. 1895) 393. Dor. Agnus Jan Oxber (1900) 25. (20) Glo.1, I.W.1 53. Dor. When I zid 'em die off so, Hardy Desperate Remedies (1871) viii. Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). (21) Glo.1, Brks.1
3. Pp.: (1) Saign, (2) Saw, (3) Saw'd, (4) See, (5) Seed, (6) Seid, (7) Sein, (8) Sen, (9) Seyn, (10) Sid, (11) Sin, (12) Zead, (13) Zeed, (14) Zeen, (15) Zid, (16) Zin. (1) Der. Monthly Mag. (1815) II. 297. (2) Myo. Patches is saw a mighty far way off, Stoker Snake's Pass (1891) xiv. [Amer. I've saw of swappin', and heerd of swappin', Cent. Mag. (Apr. 1885) 854.] (3) Rut.1 (4) Lei.1 (5) n.Ir. They'd nivir again seed the blest light av day, Lays and Leg. (1884) 23. Nhb.1, n.Yks.4 w.Yks. Hast a seed 't mon? Littledale Crav. Sng. Sol. (1859) iii. 3. Not. I've seed trouble, Prior Renie (1895) 83. n.Lin.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1 Glo. I 'ev seed they men from the towns, Gissing Vill. Hampden (1890) I. xi. Brks. Hev 'ee seed aught o' my bees Hughes T. Brown Oxf. (1861) xxiii. Ess. So-and-so had seed it, Longman's Mag. (Jan. 1893) 310. Ken. You should ha' seed him kickin'! (W.F.S.) Sur. Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) II. i. Dor. I haven't seed en myself, Hardy Tower (ed. 1895) x. Som. There's none have a-seed it done, Raymond No Soul (1899) 358. Cor. They had seed un with a lighted candle, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 353, ed. 1896. (6) s.Dev. Thee've seid so many cold copses, Longman's Mag. (1901) 36. (7) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 207. (8) s.Not. She wain't be sen 'ere agen (J.P.K.). Ken.1 (9) Slk. (Jam.) m.Yks.1 Introd. 38. s.Chs.1 83. (10) Shr. Their's summat to be sid about that thar buildin', Burne Flk-Lore (1883) xi. (11) Lan. He's seldom sin, Waugh Hermit Cobbler, i. s.Lan.1, e.Lan.1 Der. Whate'er he'd sin i' th' wench I canna onderstond, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 83. War.2 Shr.1 Gram. Outlines, 53. Nrf. I 'a sin anywhere else, Spilling Giles (1872) 7. Ess.1, Sus., Som. (F.A.A.) (12) e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). (13) Glo. I ha' zeed its full length, Gissing Both of this Parish (1889) I. 98. Brks.1 12. Wil. I've zeed the ag'd an statly tree, Slow Rhymes (1889) 22. w.Som.1 Dev. 'Twid a broken passen's 'art if 'er had zeed, Salmon Ballads (1899) 47. Cor. I've a-zeed'n, ‘Q.’ Wandering Heath (1895) 11. (14) Dor. Windsor Mag. (Mar. 1900). (15) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). (16) Glo.1, Brks.1 12. Hmp. I've a zin a young chap make a vool ov hisself avore, Gray Ribstone Pippins (1898) 8. II. Dial. uses. 1. v. with In comb. prep. or adv.: (1) See about, to acquire accurate knowledge of, to become acquainted with surrounding circumstances; (2) See after, (a) to look after, attend to; (b) to search for; to try to find out; to make inquiries regarding; (3) See at, to look at; (4) See away, to outlive, survive; (5) See for, to look for, seek; (6) See out, (a) see (4); (b) to inquire diligently about; (c) to be responsible for, take the consequences of; (7) See outens, to go about for pleasure; (8) See til or See to, (a) see (3); (b) to care for, attend to, provide for. (1) Sc. (Jam.) Abd. She left Drum, and dwelt in Cromar, while she saw about her, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 259. n.Cy., Yks. (J.W.) (2, a) Cld. I mun see after the dinner. He's auld noo, an' needs somebody to see after him (Jam.). n.Yks. See efter your sarvants (I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 I mun goä to see efter them hands at taatie pie. (b) Cld. I mun see after the key o' my kist. I'm gaun to see after a servant (Jam.). (3) s.Chs.1 (4) Per. Tibby saw him awa, Monteath Dunblane (1835) 98, ed. 1887. Ayr. Fire-Jake Jack an' Leezock's baith deid this mony a year, but she saw him awa first, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 225. (5) Yks. It's on the floor somewhere ─ see for it (C.C.R.). w.Yks. (J.W.) Dev. Zee vor that cheeld, White C'yman's Conductor (1701) 126. (6, a) Dmb. If ye should happen to be a lang leever and see me out, Cross Disruption (1844) xx. Edb. Our neighbour herself... had the misery of seeing out both her gudemen, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) xvii. Ken. There's no knowing but you'll be up and about yet. P'r'aps you'll see me out, Cornh. Mag. (Jan. 1894) 72. (b) w.Som.1 I never wid'n gee in 'till I'd a-zeed it out, where 'twas eens they zaid or no. (c) Maister gid me orders vor to vorbid ee, and I count he do mean to zee it out, w.Som.1 (7) N.I.1 If A didn't see outens when A'm young, when would A? (8, a) Sc. See to him wi' his badge, Scott Antiquary (1816) xxvii. ne.Sc. Green Gordonhaven (1887) 55. Cai.1 ‘See till him!’ An exclamation calling attention to one doing a childish or contemptible action. Bch. See to my bleedy sarks, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 26. Abd. See there, min, to the nowt doun by the foord, Guidman Inglismill (1873) 31. Per. Juist see til the dub ye're stanin' in! Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 106, ed. 1887. (b) Sc. We havena far gait to gang at ony rate, and then she will be weel seen till, St. Johnston, I. 13 (Jam.); The beasts, Sir Gabriel, shall be weel seen to, Rotherlan (1824) I. 238 (ROTHERLAN). Cai.1 Cld. I'll see till a' that (Jam.). Dur.1 ‘To see t'things’ is a term for seeing that the cattle in the fields are all right, morning and evening. w.Yks.2, Not.1 n.Lin.1 I doän't like grawin onions, thaay want sich a deäl o' seein' to. Lei.1 Nhp.1 I've got all the children to see to, now mother's dead, and I'll see to 'em well. Oxf. (G.O.), Hnt. (T.P.F.)
4. Phr. (1) much to see, much to look at, attractive; (2) not to be seen in anything, to be ashamed to have anything to do with it; (3) one will see, events will not happen as one supposes; (4) to know one to see to, to know one by sight or personally; (5) to see a sight of, to get a sight of, to see; (6) see and do anything, to see if one can do anything; (7) see if one does anything, to see that one does not do anything; (8) see one coming, see below; (9) see the light, to be converted; (10) see to bed, to put to bed. (1) Dev. She weern't much to see in the eyes of men, Pall Mall Mag. (Apr. 1900) 438. (2) Suf. I wouldn't be seen in it, e.An. Dy. Times (1892); (F.A.A.) (3) w.Yks. Ye'll see, Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865); Common (J.W.). (4) Nrf. I know him to see to, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 60; (W.R.E.) (5) Per. It'll be four weeks come Thursday sin' I hae seen a sicht o' ye, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 263, ed. 1887. (6) Per. He gaed fra hame... To see an' buy a pickle corn an' hay, Haliburton Dunbar (1895)
5. (7) s.Chs.1 (8) Oxf. If an imposition is practised upon any one they say, ‘He saw you comin'’ (G.O.); (A.P.) (9) Sc. It was said by the Wesleyans, with whom he had associated, that he had ‘seen the light,’ Wright Life (1897) 6. (10) Nhb. Jimmy half undressed, the missus juist aboot seein' him to bed, Pease Mark o' Deil (1894) 75. w.Yks. (J.W.)
6. Comb. (1) See buts, an exclamation used to attract attention: ‘only see’; (2) See ho or See how, (a) the cry given on discovering a hare in her form; (b) to pursue; (3) See now, see (1); (4) See-saw, (a) the child's game of ‘cat's cradle’; (b) a common saying, see below; (5) See-sim, a child's game. (1) m.Yks.1 Nobbut see buts. w.Yks. (J.W.) (2, a) Cum.1; Cum.4 He'd dreamt 'at he was ‘Huntin' Fox,’ An'... Rair't out, ‘See howw! yeow! yeow! yeow!’ Lonsdale Upshot, st. 34. Wm. Seehow! beal'd out the huntsman then ─ Away went hounds an hare an men, Whitehead Leg. (1859) 37. ne.Lan.1, Brks.1 (b) Cum.1 (3) Cai.1 (4, a) ne.Lan.1 (b) s.Chs.1 Wel, aay)n yŭ bin au· dhis lùng tahym? Ah aa)nŭ bin gon ŭ lùng tahym. Wel, ah noa· yŭ aa)nŭ; bŭr ah rek·n it)s won ŭ)th see·sauz. (5) e.An.1; e.An.2 If one of the party is blindfolded, it is ‘blind-sim.’
7. To see a ghost; to see appear as an apparition. Cor. After his burial, it was stated by the people that he had been seen, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 353, ed. 1896. w.Cor. (M.A.C.)
8. To give, hand; to let one have; only used in imp. or subj., gen. in phr. let's see. ne.Sc. Lat's see a licht t'my pipe, barber, Green Gordonhaven (1887) 134. Abd. Takin' oot his pipe, says he to Mains, ‘See a spunk.’ Mains handed him a match, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (Oct. 6, 1900). Frf. See haud o' the besom, Barrie Thrums (1889) iii. Per. Let me see a hold o' a toom basket, Sabbath Nights (1899) 50. Rnf. Let's see a glass, or haud your tongue, Barr Poems (1861) 132. Lakel.2 Let's see-hauld o' that hammer; Ah'll skift it.
9. To find. Hrf.2 I see it very hard.
10. sb. A look, view, a glimpse. w.Yks. (C.C.R.); If he'd nobbut let me have a see Ah'll bet Ah could tell him what it wor, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Mar. 27, 1897). Oxf. (G.O.)
11. Phr. to make a see of it, to be able to see. Oxf. (Hall.)

SEE, SEEA, see Sie, sb.1, See-yo.

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