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æfter-cweðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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æfter-cweðan, p. -cwæþ; pp. -cweden
To speak after, repeat, to answer, revoke, renounce, abjure; repetere, revocare
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  • Bebeád he ðæt him mon lengran cwidas beforan cwæde, and he symle gedéfelíce æftercwæþ

    he ordered longer sayings to be spoken before him, and he always repeated them properly,

    • Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 15
    • .
  • His bróðer griþ eall æftercwæþ

    his brother renounced all peace,

    • Chr. 1094; Th. 360, 23
    • .
  • Æftercweðendra lof

    the praise of the after-speaking [post mortem laudantium ],

    • Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 10
    • ;
    • Saef: 72
    • .
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