secgan

\secgan ¹ wv/t3 3^rd pres segþ past sægde ptp gesægd to say, speak (of written or spoken words); 1. to say certain words, the words used being given; úre láréow secgþ, hwǽr is mín giesthús; 1a. of words, to mean, signify; cantica canticorum, þæt secgþ on Englisc ealra sanga fyrmest; 1b. to explain, discuss; 2. w.a., (1) where the object denotes a collection of words, a story, poem, regulation, etc., to tell a tale, recite a poem, pronounce, deliver; þá sægde hé him sum bigspell then he told to them a proverb; andsware \secgan to return answer; sang \secgan to sing a song; where the object is included in a genitive; þæs þu mé wille wordum secgan from what you tell me; (1a) where the written form of a word is referred to; ic mæg þurh rúnstafas secgan naman þǽra wihta; (2) where the object denotes that which is spoken about, to speak of, tell, utter, relate, narrate, declare, announce, give an account of something; ic þé orlæg secge I will tell thee thy fate; híe þíne mihte sægdon they announced thy might; (2a) to inform; (3) to express in words feelings of gratitude, admiration, etc., to give thanks, glory, etc., to a person (like German Dank sagen); þancas \secgan to say thanks; (4) where the object is a pronoun referring to a clause; 'eart þu Iudea cyning?' Þá andswarode hé, "þu hit segst"; (5) where the verb is of incomplete predication, to declare a person or thing so and so; ic secge hine máran þonne ǽnigne wítigan I declare him more than any wise man; híe hine scyldigne sægdon they declared him guilty; 3. w.g.; se secgþ láðra spella he speaks of hateful stories; 4. where the object is a clause, to say, tell; ic secge þé, þæt þu eart Petrus; 5. where the verb is used impersonally (it is said…); hit segþ on bócum it says in books; 6. where the verb is used absolutely (\secgan be, fram, ymbe to speak of); swá ic nú æt féawum wordum secge; tó þǽm gesǽlþum, þe wé secgaþ ymb; saga mé fram þǽm lande tell be about the land; 7. \secgan on w.a., w.d. to ascribe to a person, lay to the charge of, accuse of, attribute to, to bring a charge against; híe him sóþ on secgaþ they attribute to him truth; geunsóþian þæt him man on secgan wolde to disprove what a man would charge him with; 8. ge\secgan avoid?;