seken

Borrowed from English second.

seken

1. second (unit of time)

• sēchen

From Old English sēċan.

seken (third-person singular simple present seketh, present participle sekende, simple past and past participle seked)

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.

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