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ge-secgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-secgan, -sæcgan, -secgean; to -secganne, -secgenne; p. -sægde, -sǽde, pl. -sægdon, -sǽdon; impert. -sege; pp. -sægd, -sǽd
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To say, tell, relate, declare, prove; dicere, narrare, indicere
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  • Mec Dryhten héht gesecgan

    the Lord commanded me to say,

      Exon. 42 b; Th. 144, 10; Gú. 676: 102 b; Th. 387, 29; Rä. 5, 12.
  • Nelle ic ðé gesecgan

    I will not tell thee,

      Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 11; Gn. Ex. 2: Elen. Kmbl. 1966: El. 985.
  • Ic ðé sceal Meotudes mægenspéd

    I shall relate to thee the Creator's power,

      Exon. 92 b; Th. 348, 7; Sch. 24.
  • Him sceolde se yldra eall gesæcgan

    narrabunt eam filiis suis,

      Ps. Th. 77, 8.
  • Ic wille míne leahterfulle þeáwas gesecgean

    I will confess my wicked ways;

    vitiosos mores corrigere,
      Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 32.
  • To gesecganne

    to say,

      Exon. 109 b; Th. 419, 1; Rä. 37, 13: Cd. 202; Th. 250, 9; Dan. 544.
  • To gesecgenne

    to say,

      Cd. 163; Th. 205,17; Exod. 437.
  • Gif he hit gesegþ

    if he saith it,

      Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 22; Cri. 1310.
  • Andreas Þeódne þanc gesægde

    Andrew said thanks to his Lord,

      Andr. Kmbl. 768; An. 384: Beo. Th. 4321; B. 2157.
  • He gesǽde swefen cyninge

    he said the dream to the king,

      Cd. 180; Th. 226, 2; Dan. 165: B. 4, 18; S. 587, 2.
  • Ðágesægdon Rómáne Bryttum

    then the Romans said to the Britons,

      Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 3.
  • Gesege me

    dicito mihi,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1.
  • Ðæt ðú gesecge sweostor mínre

    that thou mayest say to my sister,

      Exon. 50 a; Th. 172, 31; Gú. 1152: Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 27.
  • Wæs gesǽd hwám ðæt sweord geworht wǽre

    it was said for whom that sword was wrought,

      Beo. Th. 3396; B. 1696.
  • Ic sceall ealle forlǽtan ða ðe of Perseo and of Cathma gesǽde syndon

    I must pass over all things that are said of Perseus and Cadmus,

      Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 33. 34.
  • Ðæt is gesǽd

    that is proved,

      Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 25, 27.
Derived forms
DER. secgan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-sæcgan ge-secggan ge-sǽccan ge-sagian.
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