sægen

See also: sägen and Sägen

Middle English

Verb

sægen

1. Alternative form of seien

Old English

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”); compare Old Norse sǫgn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæ.jen/

Noun

sæġen f

1. saying
2. 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...

3. tradition, something generally said
4. a narration

Declension

Declension of sæġen (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sæġen	sæġena, sæġene
accusative	sæġene	sæġena, sæġene
genitive	sæġene	sæġena
dative	sæġene	sæġenum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sægen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.