"said" meaning in Middle English

See said in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} said
  1. alternative form of seide Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: seide
    Sense id: en-said-enm-verb-6tL1HJnO Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 26 6 6 0 2 2 17 26 2 13 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 7 7 0 1 1 15 23 2 20 1
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          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 39, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 78, lines 32–35:",
          "text": "god thanke your hyhenes ſaid Balen / your bounte and hyhenes may no man preyſe half to the valewe / but at this tyme I muſt nedes departe / byſechyng yow alwey of your good grace /",
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          "text": "god thanke your hyhenes ſaid Balen / your bounte and hyhenes may no man preyſe half to the valewe / but at this tyme I muſt nedes departe / byſechyng yow alwey of your good grace /",
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