secgan

Middle English

Verb

secgan

Alternative form of seien

Old English

Alternative forms

seggan, sæċġan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sagian, secgian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saggjan.

Cognate with Old Frisian sedza, Old Saxon seggian, Old Dutch seggen, Old High German sagēn, Old Norse segja. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsej.jɑn/, [ˈsed.d͡ʒɑn]

Verb

seċġan

to say, tell
Hwȳ ne sæġdest þū þæt ǣr?
Why didn't you say that before?

Iċ seċġe simle sōþ.
I always tell the truth.

Ġesiehst þū! Iċ þē sæġde þæt hit riġnan wolde.
You see! I told you it was gonna rain.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
  Nū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...
  Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"
  Þāðā 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."
  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."

Conjugation

Conjugation of seċġan (weak class 3)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	seċġan	seċġenne
first person singular	seċġe	sæġde
second person singular	sæġst	sæġdest
third person singular	sæġþ	sæġde
plural	seċġaþ	sæġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	seċġe	sæġde
plural	seċġen	sæġden
imperative
singular	saga, sæġe
plural	seċġaþ
participle	present	past
	seċġende	(ġe)sæġd

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Descendants

Middle English: seien, seyen, seggen
- English: say

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