sægen
Middle English
editVerb
editsægen
- Alternative form of seien
Old English
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”); compare Old Norse sǫgn.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsæġen f
- saying
- statement, claim
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Fiaminius sē consul forsēah þā sæġene þe þā hlyttan him sædon...
- The consul Flaminius rejected the predictions that the diviners had told him...
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- tradition, something generally said
- a narration
Declension
editStrong ō-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | sæġen | sæġena, sæġene |
accusative | sæġene | sæġena, sæġene |
genitive | sæġene | sæġena |
dative | sæġene | sæġenum |
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sægen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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