See secgan on Wiktionary
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7,
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"english": "Why didn't you say that before?",
"text": "Hwȳ ne sæġdest þū þæt ǣr?",
"translation": "Why didn't you say that before?",
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13
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"text": "Iċ seċġe simle sōþ.",
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19,
24
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11,
15
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"english": "You see! I told you it was gonna rain.",
"text": "Ġesiehst þū! Iċ þē sæġde þæt hit riġnan wolde.",
"translation": "You see! I told you it was gonna rain.",
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"english": "Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\nNū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...",
"translation": "Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.",
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"english": "When they would not come to the marriage, he sent again, thus saying, \"Say to those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my meats, I have slain my oxen and my fatted fowls, and have prepared all my things: come to the marriage.\"",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost\"\nÞāðā hí noldon cuman to ðam giftum, ða sende hé eft, þus cweðende, \"Secgað ðam gelaðodum, Efne, ic ġeġearcode mīne gōd, ic ofslóh mine fearras, and mine gemæstan fugelas, and ealle mine ðing ic ġearcode: cumað to þam giftum.\"",
"translation": "When they would not come to the marriage, he sent again, thus saying, \"Say to those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my meats, I have slain my oxen and my fatted fowls, and have prepared all my things: come to the marriage.\"",
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"english": "At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nIn ðā ilcan tīd wǣron in Ēastseaxna mǣġðe æfter Swiðhelme, bī þǣm wē ǣr beforan sǣġdon, tweġen cyningas Siġhere ⁊ Sebbe, þēah hē hēo Wulfhere Mercna cyninge underþēodde wǣren in hērnesse.",
"translation": "At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.",
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]
},
{
"form": "seċġan",
"links": [
[
"seċġan",
"secgan#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġenne",
"links": [
[
"seċġenne",
"secgenne#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġe",
"links": [
[
"seċġe",
"secge#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"links": [
[
"sæġde",
"sægde#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sǣde",
"links": [
[
"sǣde",
"sæde#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġst",
"links": [
[
"sæġst",
"sægst#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġdest",
"links": [
[
"sæġdest",
"sægdest#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sǣdest",
"links": [
[
"sǣdest",
"sædest#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġþ",
"links": [
[
"sæġþ",
"sægþ#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"links": [
[
"sæġde",
"sægde#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sǣde",
"links": [
[
"sǣde",
"sæde#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġaþ",
"links": [
[
"seċġaþ",
"secgaþ#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġdon",
"links": [
[
"sæġdon",
"sægdon#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sǣdon",
"links": [
[
"sǣdon",
"sædon#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġe",
"links": [
[
"seċġe",
"secge#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"links": [
[
"sæġde",
"sægde#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sǣde",
"links": [
[
"sǣde",
"sæde#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġen",
"links": [
[
"seċġen",
"secgen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġden",
"links": [
[
"sæġden",
"sægden#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sǣden",
"links": [
[
"sǣden",
"sæden#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "saga",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġe",
"links": [
[
"sæġe",
"sæge#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġaþ",
"links": [
[
"seċġaþ",
"secgaþ#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġende",
"links": [
[
"seċġende",
"secgende#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġd",
"links": [
[
"sæġd",
"sægd#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesæġd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sǣd",
"links": [
[
"sǣd",
"sæd#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesǣd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "seggan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sæċġan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "secgean",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "secggan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "secggean",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sagian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "secgian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "seċġan"
},
"expansion": "seċġan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "seċġan<w3/impsg:saga,sæġe/past:sæġd, sǣd/pp:sæġd, sǣd>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
15,
18
]
],
"english": "Why didn't you say that before?",
"text": "Hwȳ ne sæġdest þū þæt ǣr?",
"translation": "Why didn't you say that before?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"english": "I always tell the truth.",
"text": "Iċ seċġe simle sōþ.",
"translation": "I always tell the truth.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
24
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
11,
15
]
],
"english": "You see! I told you it was gonna rain.",
"text": "Ġesiehst þū! Iċ þē sæġde þæt hit riġnan wolde.",
"translation": "You see! I told you it was gonna rain.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\nNū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...",
"translation": "Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "When they would not come to the marriage, he sent again, thus saying, \"Say to those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my meats, I have slain my oxen and my fatted fowls, and have prepared all my things: come to the marriage.\"",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost\"\nÞāðā hí noldon cuman to ðam giftum, ða sende hé eft, þus cweðende, \"Secgað ðam gelaðodum, Efne, ic ġeġearcode mīne gōd, ic ofslóh mine fearras, and mine gemæstan fugelas, and ealle mine ðing ic ġearcode: cumað to þam giftum.\"",
"translation": "When they would not come to the marriage, he sent again, thus saying, \"Say to those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my meats, I have slain my oxen and my fatted fowls, and have prepared all my things: come to the marriage.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to say, tell"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"tell",
"tell"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to recite, pronounce"
],
"links": [
[
"recite",
"recite"
],
[
"pronounce",
"pronounce"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nIn ðā ilcan tīd wǣron in Ēastseaxna mǣġðe æfter Swiðhelme, bī þǣm wē ǣr beforan sǣġdon, tweġen cyningas Siġhere ⁊ Sebbe, þēah hē hēo Wulfhere Mercna cyninge underþēodde wǣren in hērnesse.",
"translation": "At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to mention, talk about"
],
"links": [
[
"mention",
"mention"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"about",
"about"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsej.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsed.d͡ʒɑn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ej.jɑn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cweþan"
},
{
"word": "cȳþan"
}
],
"word": "secgan"
}
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