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cweþan

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cweþan, <b>. I.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §54; §80; §102; §119; §186; §225; §226; §239; §240; §263; §299; §301; §302; §305; §476; §484; §505;
add: (1 a) where the words or sounds to be spoken are given
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  • Se biscop hine hét stafa naman cweðan: 'Cweð nú á'; ðá cwæð hé á, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. 'Hwí ðú úre goda biggencgas forseó' ... 'Ne cwæð ðú ná goda, ac gramlicra deofla' (say not gods' (worship), but cruel devils'), Hml. S. 8, 59. (2 a)

    to use a particular phrase

    :-- Wé cweðað níwne mónan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca,
      Lch. iii. 242, 15.
where the subject of discourse is object of the verb,
to tell, speak of.
    Cf. secgan; II 2.: sprecan; III c.
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  • Swá cwæð eardstapa ... winemǽga hryre,

      Wand. 6.
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v. mis-cweþan.
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