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{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "seien",
"3": "seyen",
"4": "seggen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: seien, seyen, seggen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: seien, seyen, seggen"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "say"
},
"expansion": "English: say",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: say"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sagjaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sagjaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "sedza"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian sedza",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "seggian"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon seggian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "seggen"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch seggen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "sagēn"
},
"expansion": "Old High German sagēn",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "segja"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse segja",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.\nCognate with Old Frisian sedza, Old Saxon seggian, Old Dutch seggen, Old High German sagēn, Old Norse segja. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.",
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{
"form": "seċġan",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "3",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġdest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġdon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "saga",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesæġd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "seċġan"
},
"expansion": "seċġan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "seċġan<w3/impsg:saga,sæġe>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "āseċġan"
},
{
"word": "beseċġan"
},
{
"word": "efnseċġan"
},
{
"word": "forseċġan"
},
{
"word": "foreseċġan"
},
{
"word": "wiþseċġan"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Why didn't you say that before?",
"text": "Hwȳ ne sæġdest þū þæt ǣr?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I always tell the truth.",
"text": "Iċ seċġe simle sōþ.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "You see! I told you it was gonna rain.",
"text": "Ġesiehst þū! Iċ þē sæġde þæt hit riġnan wolde.",
"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...",
"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.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to say, tell"
],
"id": "en-secgan-ang-verb-VTuewo7k",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"tell",
"tell"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cweþan"
},
{
"word": "cyþan"
},
{
"word": "seggan"
},
{
"word": "sæċġan"
},
{
"word": "secgean"
},
{
"word": "secggan"
},
{
"word": "secggean"
},
{
"word": "sagian"
},
{
"word": "secgian"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsej.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsed.d͡ʒɑn]"
}
],
"word": "secgan"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "āseċġan"
},
{
"word": "beseċġan"
},
{
"word": "efnseċġan"
},
{
"word": "forseċġan"
},
{
"word": "foreseċġan"
},
{
"word": "wiþseċġan"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "seien",
"3": "seyen",
"4": "seggen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: seien, seyen, seggen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: seien, seyen, seggen"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "say"
},
"expansion": "English: say",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: say"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sagjaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sagjaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "sedza"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian sedza",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "seggian"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon seggian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "seggen"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch seggen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "sagēn"
},
"expansion": "Old High German sagēn",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "segja"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse segja",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.\nCognate with Old Frisian sedza, Old Saxon seggian, Old Dutch seggen, Old High German sagēn, Old Norse segja. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "seċġan",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "3",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġdest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġdon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "saga",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seċġende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sæġd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesæġd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "seċġan"
},
"expansion": "seċġan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "seċġan<w3/impsg:saga,sæġe>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English class 3 weak verbs",
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ-",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with usage examples",
"Old English verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Why didn't you say that before?",
"text": "Hwȳ ne sæġdest þū þæt ǣr?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I always tell the truth.",
"text": "Iċ seċġe simle sōþ.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "You see! I told you it was gonna rain.",
"text": "Ġesiehst þū! Iċ þē sæġde þæt hit riġnan wolde.",
"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...",
"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.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to say, tell"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"tell",
"tell"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsej.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsed.d͡ʒɑn]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cweþan"
},
{
"word": "cyþan"
},
{
"word": "seggan"
},
{
"word": "sæċġan"
},
{
"word": "secgean"
},
{
"word": "secggan"
},
{
"word": "secggean"
},
{
"word": "sagian"
},
{
"word": "secgian"
}
],
"word": "secgan"
}
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