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cwiddian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
cwiddian, cweddian, cwydian (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode, ede
To say
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  • Cwiddiaþ (cwyddiaþ, An. Ox. 1881) ł secgcað

    contendunt, dicunt,

      Hpt. Gl. 450, 70.
  • Þá hí cweddiað (cwyddiaþ, An. Ox. 1953)

    quam dicunt,

      452, 43.
  • Cwedd(iað), cwyddiað

    ferunt, dicunt,

      504, 60.
  • Befrán hé hú woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . . His apostoli him andwyrdon: 'Sume men cwyddiað (cf. sume men cweðað,

      364, 16)
    þæt ðú sý Jóhannes, Hml. Th. i. 366 5-10.
v. be-, hearm-, teón-, wiþer-cwid[d]ian.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. [harm-]quetón.]
Linked entries
v.  cweddian.
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