"gecweþan" meaning in All languages combined

See gecweþan on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /jeˈkwe.θɑn/, [jeˈkwe.ðɑn]
Etymology: Equivalent to ġe- + cweþan. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ang|ġe|cweþan}} ġe- + cweþan Head templates: {{ang-verb|ġecweþan}} ġecweþan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ġecweþan<s5v>}} Forms: ġecweþan [canonical], strong [table-tags], ġecweþan [infinitive], ġecweþenne [infinitive], ġecweþe [first-person, present, singular], ġecwæþ [first-person, past, singular], ġecwist [present, second-person, singular], ġecwǣde [past, second-person, singular], ġecwiþþ [present, singular, third-person], ġecwiþ [present, singular, third-person], ġecwæþ [past, singular, third-person], ġecweþaþ [plural, present], ġecwǣdon [past, plural], ġecweþe [present, singular], ġecwǣde [past, singular], ġecweþen [plural, present], ġecwǣden [past, plural], ġecweþ [imperative, past, present, singular], ġecweþaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ġecweþende [imperative, present], ġecweden [imperative, past]
  1. to speak
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-TKdixBly
  2. (transitive or intransitive or with clause) to say
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-KlHIAFBs
  3. to tell
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-cQpNzvhp
  4. to declare, announce
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-k3yocF1R
  5. to settle
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-yWuHcWTe
  6. to offer, propose
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-CVtX23HD
  7. to order; to give orders for
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-ea1O6ve1 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with ge- Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 21 7 10 53 2 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 4 4 4 23 9 14 38 4
  8. to call, name
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-OTZjzAlY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ġecweðan (english: edh spelling) Related terms: ġecwide (english: condition, agreement, will) [masculine], ġecwidrǣden (english: an agreement, contract, statute) [feminine], ġecwiss (english: conspiracy, consent) [masculine]

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          "roman": "Wit þæt ġecwǣdon, cniht wesende, and ġebēotedon, wǣron beġen þā ġit on ġeogoðfeore, þæt wit on gārsecg ūt aldrum nēðdon, and þæt ġeæfndon swā.",
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        "plural"
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          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nÞā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...",
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        {
          "text": "(a) to agree upon or arrange a time or course of action"
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          "english": "We agreed, being striplings, and promised, (we were both yet in youthful life,) that we on the ocean out our lives would venture, and that we thus accomplish'd.",
          "roman": "Wit þæt ġecwǣdon, cniht wesende, and ġebēotedon, wǣron beġen þā ġit on ġeogoðfeore, þæt wit on gārsecg ūt aldrum nēðdon, and þæt ġeæfndon swā.",
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        "to offer, propose"
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        {
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          "text": "(c) to call an object by some identity"
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        {
          "text": "(d) to name, mention, or speak of"
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        "to call, name"
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          "call",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈkwe.θɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈkwe.ðɑn]"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "edh spelling",
      "word": "ġecweðan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gecweþan"
}

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