Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (3)
to say (also secȝean, sæcȝan, secȝȝan)
Etymology
[Mod E SAY ← Prot-Germ *sagjan, *sagēn; O Fris sedza, sidza; O Sax seggian; Dt zeggen; OHG sagēn (Mod G sagen); Icel segja; Sw säga ← Indo-Europ sekw-, *sokw-; Lith sakýti “to say; to tell”]
Paradigm
4.2.3. - 3rd class weak verbs
III class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to have; to possess | habban | hæfde |
to say | secȝan | sæȝde, sǽde |
to live, exist | libban | lifde |
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