Seyen

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. An archaic form of seen, the past participle of the verb see, used in older English writing ; an obsolete spelling of the cardinal number that comes after six
2. A Middle English variant of the past participle seen, meaning perceived with the eyes ; a historical spelling of the numeral seven, one more than six
3. Old spelling of the participle meaning having been looked at or noticed ; an early form of the number written today as seven, the value between six and eight

Etymology: "Seyen" is an older spelling of the past participle of "see," used in Middle English and early modern English. It descends from Old English "gesewen," the participle of "seon," with the prefix "ge-" that later dropped away, leaving forms like "sen," "seen," and this more spelled-out "seyen."