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sægen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.
a saying, statement, assertion
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  • Ðá sægde se Clitus ðæt Philippus máre hæfde gedón ðonne hé. Hé ðá Alexander áhleóp, and hiene for ðære sægene ofslóg,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 130, 30
      • .

  • Heora biscopas from hiora godum sǽden ðæt hié ðæt gefeoht forbuden. Ac Papirius ða biscepas for ðære sægene swíðe bismrade,

    • 3, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 140, 2
      • .

  • Se Hǽlend cwæð: 'Ic sittende beó æt mínes Fæder swíðran.' Ðá cwæð se ealdorbiscop: 'Hwæt þincþ eów be ðissere segene,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 248, 22: 320, 31: 484,
      • 1.

  • Gyf hé ðé segþ ðæt hé hwethwugu gesáwe . . . hweðer ðé áwuht æt his segene tweóge,

    • Shrn. 196, 17
      • .

  • Ðú ne tweódast ymbe Honorius segene, hwí tweóst ðú ymbe hera þegena sæcgena,

    • 197, 21-23
      • .

  • Hié sǽdon ðæt sió sibb of his mihte wǽre ac hé fleáh ða sægene

    he would not admit what they said,

    • Ors. 3, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 106, 33
      • .

  • Sægenum

    assertionibus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 62
      • .

  • Hié wiston be ðæs engles sægenum, ge be heora sige ge be ðara hǽðenra manna fleáme,

    • Blickl. Homl. 203, 3
      • .

  • Sæcgenum,

    • Ps. Th. 144, 7
      • .
what is said generally, tradition, report, story
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  • Ðæt is fyrn sægen (fyrn-sægen? cf. fyrn-gewrit, -gid)

    it is an old story,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2977
      • ;
    • An. 1491
      • .

  • Ic wolde gewitan hweðer sió segen sóð wǽre ðe mé mon be ðon sægde

    I wanted to know whether the story I had been told about it was true,

    • Nar. 24, 15
      • .

  • Of ealdra manna gewritum oððe sægene

    ex scriptis vel traditione priorum,

    • Bed. pref.
      • ;
    • S. 472, 19
      • .

  • Se hlísa ðe þurh yldra manna segene tó ús becom

    opinio quae traditione majorum ad nos perlata est,

    • 2,1; S. 501, 2.

  • On gewritum oððe on ealdra manna sægenum

    munimentis literarum vel seniorum traditione,

    • pref.
      • ;
    • S. 471, 27
      • .

  • Sægenum

    scriptis,

    • 472, 5
      • .
a narration, relation (whether spoken or written)
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  • Ðý læs ðæt eów seó sægen monigfealdlícor biþ onþúhte tó wrítanne ic ða wille lǽton ðe ðǽr gewurdon

    ne sim scribendi multiplex, priora facta praecognita praetereo,

    • Nar. 3, 29
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. sögn a tale, report
.]
Similar entries
v. ge-, sóþ-sægn, eald-gesegen.
Linked entries
v.  segen sæcgen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sægen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26198.

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