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§52; §54; §80; §102; §119; §186; §225; §226; §239; §240; §263; §299; §301; §302; §305; §476; §484; §505;
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to say.
of a particular statement
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  • Ne cweðo ic nó ðæt ðæt ic ǽr cwæð bebeódende, ac lǽrende,

      Past. 397, 27.

  • Salm ic cweoðu

    psalmum dicam,

      Ps. Srt. 17, 50.

  • Se yfela þeów cuið on his móde,

      Past. 121, 11.

  • Gé cweaðað

    dicitis,

      Ps. Srt. 138, 20.

  • Cweoðað

    dicite,

      65, 2.
of a general statement, as in
it says, books say
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  • Wé cweðaþ on gerímcræfte Cathedra Sancti Petri seofon nihton ǽr þám mónðe þe wé Martius hátað

    according to our calendar Cathedra S. Petri is seven days before March,

      Hml. S. 10, 1.

  • Sýn hý þæs wyrðe þe on þám canone cwæð,

      Ll. Th. i. 244, 13.

  • Þæs ylcan scyldige þe hit hér beforan cwæð,

      248, 18.

  • Æt þám táum . . . ealswá æt þám fingrum ys cwiden,

      20, 4.

  • Se mon bið, þæs þe swá tó cweþanne sié (

    so to say

    ), ǽghwæþer ge gehæfted ge freó,
      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 17.
to call, name
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  • Þone tún mon his naman cweðeþ

    cujus nomine vicus cognominatur,

      Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8.

  • Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna,

      Bl. H. 7, 4,
to declare
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  • Hí cwǽdon gefeoht tógeánes þǽre burhware (cf. þá burhware hí ongunnon ánwígges biddan,

      Bl. H. 201, 22), Hml. Th. i. 504, 13.
introducing a question
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  • Cweðsþú lá yrsað hé

    numquid irascitur?,

      Ps. L. 7, 12.

  • Ac lá ic þé bidde, cwyst þú (cwysðú,

    v. l.

    ) hwæþer hit tó gelýfenne sý?,
      Gr. D. 146, 1.

  • Cweþe wé is þes Dauides sunu

    numquid hic est filius David?,

      Mt. 12, 23.

  • Gé ceastergewaran, cweðe gé ꝥ ic eów dide ǽnigne unþanc?,

      Ap. Th. 26, 3.
  • v. wearg-, wiþer-, yfel-cweþan; un-cweþende; -cweden.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cweþan.” 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/42314.

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