v.
WA pres. 1 sg. seke, pres. 2 sg. sekis, pres. 3 sg. sekis, pres. pl. seke, pres. 2 sg. subj. seke, imp. pl. seke, pres. ptcp. sekand
'seek, proceed, move, attack, etc.' (Modern English seek)
PGmc Ancestor
*sōkjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
sœkja 'seek, visit, advance, catch'
(ONP sǿkja (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far søkja, Icel sækja, Norw søkja, Dan søge, Sw söka
OE Cognate
sēcan 'search for, enquire, ask for, look for'
Phonological and morphological markers
[absence of palatalization of */k/] (possibly diagnostic)
Summary category
CC2
Forms in /k/ occur from the 14c. and are widespread in ME, incl. Chaucer.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 154, 908, 924 etc.