"gecweþan" meaning in Old English

See gecweþan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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 Categories (other): Old English terms prefixed with ge- Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 4 4 4 32 4 13 36 4
  5. to settle
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-yWuHcWTe
  6. to offer, propose
    Sense id: en-gecweþan-ang-verb-CVtX23HD Categories (other): Old English terms prefixed with ge- Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 4 4 4 32 4 13 36 4
  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-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 25 2 10 53 2 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 4 4 4 32 4 13 36 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 3 8 3 6 72 3
  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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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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      "form": "ġecwist",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "ġecwǣde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ġecwiþþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ġecwǣdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweþe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ġecwǣde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ġecweþen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecwǣden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweþende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "condition, agreement, will",
      "tags": [
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      "english": "an agreement, contract, statute",
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      "english": "conspiracy, consent",
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        "to speak"
      ],
      "id": "en-gecweþan-ang-verb-TKdixBly",
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        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ]
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          "english": "Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...",
          "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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        "to say"
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        {
          "text": "(b) to settle a regulation, law, or ordinance"
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        "to settle"
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        "to offer, propose"
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          "propose",
          "propose"
        ]
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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      "glosses": [
        "to order; to give orders for"
      ],
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        [
          "order",
          "order"
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        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ]
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(a) to call a person or place"
        },
        {
          "text": "(b) to call a name"
        },
        {
          "text": "(c) to call an object by some identity"
        },
        {
          "text": "(d) to name, mention, or speak of"
        },
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          "text": "(e) to describe an object"
        }
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      "ipa": "/jeˈkwe.θɑn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[jeˈkwe.ðɑn]"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "edh spelling",
      "word": "ġecweðan"
    }
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ġecwist",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ġecwǣde",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "present",
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    {
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        "past",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "ġecweþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecwǣdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweþe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ġecwǣde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ġecweþen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ġecwǣden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "english": "condition, agreement, will",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ġecwide"
    },
    {
      "english": "an agreement, contract, statute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġecwidrǣden"
    },
    {
      "english": "conspiracy, consent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "to speak"
      ],
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          "speak"
        ]
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        "Old English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...",
          "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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        "to say"
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          "say",
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        "(transitive or intransitive or with clause) to say"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "to tell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to declare, announce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(a) to agree upon or arrange a time or course of action"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "text": "10-11th c., Beowulf, lines 1074-1081",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "(b) to settle a regulation, law, or ordinance"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to settle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to offer, propose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "offer",
          "offer"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to order; to give orders for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(a) to call a person or place"
        },
        {
          "text": "(b) to call a name"
        },
        {
          "text": "(c) to call an object by some identity"
        },
        {
          "text": "(d) to name, mention, or speak of"
        },
        {
          "text": "(e) to describe an object"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call, name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈkwe.θɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈkwe.ðɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "edh spelling",
      "word": "ġecweðan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gecweþan"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.