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Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from a derivative of *sekʷ- (to say). Compare German sagen, Yiddish זאָגן (zogn), Low German seggen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Danish sige, Swedish säga.

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Verb edit

sågn (past participle gsågt)

  1. (transitive) to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
    I dadat gern wås sågn.I'd like to say something.
  2. (transitive, ditransitive) to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
    Du, i muass da wås sågn.I have to tell you something.

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